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. 2021 Jan 12;9(2):101–106. doi: 10.1016/j.prnil.2020.11.004

Table 2.

Comparison of change in preoperative to postoperative parameters.

Parameter OSP (n = 23) RSP (n = 29) P value∗
IPSS (Total)
 Preoperative 15.7 ± 8.3 23.3 ± 7.2
 Postoperative 4.7 ± 3.7 5.0 ± 2.5
 Improvement of IPSS (ᇫ) 11.1 ± 6.6 18.3 ± 8.2 0.05
QoL score
 Preoperative 3.4 ± 1.5 4.3 ± 1.0
 Postoperative 1.1 ± 1.4 1.2 ± 1.0
 Improvement of QoL (ᇫ) 2.3 ± 1.3 3.1 ± 1.6 0.22
Qmax (ml/s)
 Preoperative 9.0 ± 5.0 8.1 ± 5.6
 Postoperative 14.1 ± 4.7 18.9 ± 9.8
 Improvement of Qmax (ᇫ) 5.1 ± 4.8 10.9 ± 7.0 0.06
PVR (ml)
 Preoperative 137.9 ± 97.0 134.3 ± 128.5
 Postoperative 15.0 ± 25.7 23.2 ± 33.8
 Improvement of PVR (ᇫ) 122.9 ± 100.6 111.1 ± 104.4 0.77

IPSS, International prostatic symptom score; OSP, open simple prostatectomy; PVR, postvoid residual; QOL, quality of life; Qmax, maximal flow rate; RSP, robotic simple prostatectomy.

P values were calculated using Student t test.