Clinical Study
Robotic Prostatectomy Has a Superior Outcome in Larger Prostates and PSA Density Is a Strong Predictor of Biochemical Recurrence
Table 1
Preoperative staging.
| Prostate size | <75 g, | >75 g, | | Mean/proportion | sd/% | Mean/proportion | sd/% |
| PSA | 8.21 | 5.3 | 9.45 | 5.3 | ns | Age | 61.4 | 5.9 | 63.2 | 5.7 | 0.05 | Biopsy stage | | | | | | T1 | 139/261 | 53.3% | 25/48 | 52% | ns | T2 | 120/261 | 46% | 21/48 | 43.8% | ns | T3 | 2/261 | 0.7% | 2/48 | 4.2% | ns | Biopsy grade | | | | | | G6 | 120/287 | 41.8% | 24/48 | 50% | ns | G7 | 147/287 | 51.2% | 21/48 | 43.8% | ns | G8–10 | 20/287 | 6.9% | 3/48 | 6.3% | ns |
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