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Urinary Continence Outcomes after Puboprostatic Ligament Preserving Open Retropubic Radical Prostatectomy at a Sub-Saharan Hospital

Table 1

Descriptive characteristics of 24 patients with prostate cancer treated with puboprostatic ligament preservation open retropubic radical prostatectomy between 2011 and 2013.
Characteristics Number
Age (years) 
 Mean66
 Range54–75
Urinary continence outcome 
 Continent 19
 Stress2
 Incontinent3
Pathologic Gleason score  
 ≤65
 718
 ≥81
Nerve sparing type  
 Unilateral 0
 Bilateral 24
Pathologic stage  
 T224
Surgery type  
 RRP24
 LP0
PSA (prostate specific antigen, ng/mL) 
 Mean12.7
 Median12.3
 Range 5.5–20
Operating time  
 Mean 2 hours, 50 minutes
 Range 2–4 hours
RRP: retropubic radical prostatectomy.
LP: laparoscopic prostatectomy.