Research Article

Evaluation of Lymphorrhea and Incidence of Lymphoceles: 4DryField® PH in Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy

Table 3

Involvement of lymph nodes and drain loss/LC development.

CT-group ()4DF-group () value

pN(+)10 (19.6%)5 (9.4%)
Drain-volume pN(+) 280 mL244 mL0.750
Drain-volume pN(−)495 mL315 mL0.094
LC in pN(+)5.9%5.7%
LC in pN(−)31.4%20.8%

pN(+): patients with involvement of lymph nodes; pN(−): patients without involvement of lymph nodes.