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. 2022 Feb 28;16(6):1451–1461. doi: 10.1007/s11701-022-01378-w

Table 2.

Surgical margin status by location/extension and surgeon

Overall Mentor Trainee 1 Trainee 2 p Value
n = 761 (100%) n = 370 (100%) n = 247 (100%) n = 144 (100%)
PSM 227 (29.8) 117 (31.6) 69 (28.0) 45 (31.3) 0.6
Apex 108 (14.2) 55 (14.9) 28 (11.3) 26 (18.0) 0.17
Bladder neck 69 (9.1) 29 (7.8) 29 (11.7) 11 (7.6) 0.2
Postero-lateral 82 (10.8) 43 (11.6) 19 (7.7) 20 (13.8) 0.12
 Right-PL 34 (4.5) 17 (4.5) 9 (3.6) 8 (5.5) 0.66
 Left-PL 53 (7.0) 27 (7.3) 12 (4.8) 14 (9.7) 0.17
Multifocal or > 3 mm 140 (18.4) 78 (21.0) 36 (14.6) 26 (18.1) 0.12

There may have been more than one positive margin location for each patient with PSM

PSM positive surgical margin, PL postero-lateral