Table 3 Surgical variables and complications
Variable | Value |
|---|---|
Patients with radical prostatectomy, n | 30 |
Surgery hindered, n (%) | |
Fibrosis | 7 (23.3) |
Vulnerability | 1 (3.3) |
Surgery duration, min# | |
Median (mean) | 195 (208.7) |
Range | 140-333 |
Nerve sparing, n (%) | |
Bilateral | 6 (20.0) |
Unilateral | 3 (10.0) |
Not possible | 21 (70.0) |
Intraoperative blood loss, ml | |
Median (mean) | 600 (769.2) |
Range | 100-2600 |
No. of transfused blood units, n | |
Median (mean) | 0 (0.9) |
Range | 0-5 |
Complications, needing intervention, n (%)§ | |
Symptomatic pelvic hematoma | 1 (3.3) |
Hydronephrosis | 1 (3.3) |
Lymphocele | 6 (20.0) |
Complications in ≥ 10% of cases, n (%)§ | |
Joint pain | 3 (10.0) |
Venous/pulmonary thromboembolism | 5 (16.7) |
Time to catheter removal, days | |
Median (mean) | 8 (13.1) |
Range | 7-47 |
Continence, no. of pads, n (%)* | |
0 | 29 (96.7) |
≥1 | 1 (3.3) |
Erectile function (n = 26), n (%)* | |
Potent (E 3–4) | 4 (15.4) |
Potent with erection aids (E 3–4) | 3 (11.5) |
Tumescence (E 1–2) | 5 (19.2) |
Impotence (E 0) | 14 (53.9) |