Groups information

Group name

Traction group

Groups definition

Patients were randomized into two groups,A and B,according to whether traction was used or not while removing the specimen. A traction procedure consists of removing the specimen from a small incision. Nontraction procedures remove the specimen from an incision larger than the prostate,which eases the procedure.

Pathological T stage

T0

5 (3) (4.5)

T2

75 (44.4) (67.6)

T3a

31 (18.4) (27.9)

Pathological N stage
Pathological Gleason Score (GS)

GS 2-6

66 (39.2) (59.5)

GS 3+4

23 (13.6) (20.7)

GS 4+3

9 (5.3) (8.1)

GS 8-10

7 (4.1) (6.3)

Pathological ISUP grade