Table 1. Baseline patient characteristics and surgical outcome classified by LIESWT.

Characteristics	Early	Delayed	Non-LIESWT	P value
No of patients	5	11	178
Age, yr	62.2±2.68	62.9+1.80	66.6+0.45	0.0453
BMI, kg/m2	24.5±1.25	23.3±0.84	23.4±0.21	0.6768
PSA, ng/mL	4.95±2.82	6.39±1.90	9.12±0.47	0.1455
Testosterone, ng/mL	4.24±0.78	4.82±0.58	4.66±0.13	0.8348
Prostate volume, mL	25.2±5.76	23.1±3.88	29.2±0.97	0.2657
SHIM	17.8±3.52	17.2±2.37	11.4±0.65	0.0178
Nerve sparing, %	20.0	63.6	43.8	0.2252
Surgical time, min	213.6±19.1	192.0± 12.8	201.7±3.2	0.6209
Estimated blood loss, mL	167.0±65.2	128.6± 43.9	183.0± 10.9	0.4782