Outcomes of Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy with a Posterior Approach to the Seminal Vesicle in 300 Patients

Table 2

Comparison of operative and postoperative data and complications between robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) and laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP).

Characteristics	RALP	LRP^#
Number of cases	300	160
Mean operative time (min)	165 ± 40	296 ± 88
Blood loss (including that in urine) (mL)	276.5 ± 323.8^*	541.3 ± 484.1
Transfusions (cases)	4 (1.3%)	7 (4.4%)
Conversion to open surgery (cases)	1 (0.3%)	5 (3.1%)
Mean time to urethral catheter removal (days)	7.7 ± 4.2	7.4 ± 4.3
Postoperative hospitalization (days)	10.4 ± 4.9^**	14.8 ± 4.7
Complications
Rectal injury	2	4
Ureteral injury	0	3
Bladder neck stricture	0	4
Subcutaneous hernia	1	2

Data from [4]. ⁺Duration of robotic surgery. ^* < 0.05 (unpaired -test). ^** < 0.05 (Mann-Whitney test).