Early Continence Recovery after Preservation of Maximal Urethral Length until the Level of Verumontanum during Radical Prostatectomy: Primary Oncological and Functional Outcomes after 1 Year of Follow-Up

Table 1

Study cohort.

𝑛	244
Age (years), mean ± std	66.2 ± 6.48
PSA (ng/mL), mean ± std	10.8 ± 9.22
Clinical stage, 𝑛 (%)
T1c	181 (74.2)
T2a	45 (18.4)
T2b	10 (4.1)
T2c	8 (3.3)
Preoperative Gleason score, 𝑛 (%)
≤6	123 (50.4)
7	94 (38.5)
≥8	27 (11.1)
Neurovascular spare, 𝑛 (%)
Yes	141 (57.8)
No	103 (42.2)
Pathological stage, 𝑛 (%)
T2a	28 (11.5)
T2b	9 (3.7)
T2c	140 (57.4)
T3a	39 (16.0)
T3b	28 (11.5)
Postoperative Gleason score, 𝑛 (%)
≤6	94 (38.5)
7	110 (45.1)
≥8	40 (16.4)
Surgical margins, 𝑛 (%)
Positive	44 (18.0)
Negative	200 (82.0)
Biochemical relapse, 𝑛 (%)
Yes	39 (16.0)
No	205 (84.0)

Std: standard deviation.