Table 4.

Summary of primary versus salvage RARP outcomes at our institution

Baseline or Outcome Variable	Primary RARP(16, 17)	Salvage RARP
Complication rate (Clavien-Dindo grade) (%)
Early Grade 1–3	7–13	17.8
Early Grade 4	0.4*	0
Early Grade 5	0*	0
Anastomotic leak on cystogram	2*	11.1
Late bladder neck contracture/ clip	0.5*	10.5
Pre-RARP D’Amico risk group (%)
Low	3	6.7
Intermediate	36	73.3
High	61	20.0
Pathologic T-stage (%)
pT2	53	35.5
pT3	47	64.5
pT3a	33	46.6
pT3b	14	17.8
Positive surgical margin rate (%)
Overall	17.3	44.4
pT2	9.6	37.5
pT3	26.1	48.3
Continence
Pad-free at 3-months	67	33.3
Pad-free at 12-months	85.4	65.5
Socially continent at 12-mo (0–1 pad)	89.2	86.2
Proportion where nerve-sparing (NS) feasible
Feasibility of bilateral NS (%)	18	6.7
Feasibility of unilateral NS (%)	34	22.2
Feasibility of bilateral NS in high-risk Ca	10	0.0
Proportion who received bilateral nerve-sparing and were potent at 12-months (potent pre-RARP)#	70	0 (0/2)

*Institutional audit data from latest institutional audit for calendar year 2017, n = 605 primary RARPs; #defined as erections adequate for intercourse at least half the time with or without the aid of PDE5Is