Table 2

Baseline characteristics evaluated for each comparison

Surgical procedureBaseline characteristics
RP
(ORP vs RRP)
Age, years
BMI, kg/m²
ASA score
PSA, ng/mL
Clinical GS ≤6, %
Clinical GS=7, %
Clinical GS ≥8, %
Pathological GS ≤6, %
Pathological GS=7, %
Pathological GS ≥8, %
pT ≥3, %
pN ≥1, %
RC
(ORC vs RRC)
Age, years
BMI, kg/m²
ASA score
Male, %
Female, %
NACH, %
pT ≥3, %
pN ≥1, %
number of nodes removed, mean
PN (OPN vs RPN) and RN (ORN vs RRN)Age, years
BMI, kg/m²
ASA score, %
Male, %
Preoperative eGFR
Left/right side, %
Tumour size, cm
Renal score
Renal score ≤6, %
Renal score 7–10, %
Renal score 11–12, %
pT ≥1 b, %
RPLND
(ORPLND vs RRPLND)
Age, years
BMI, kg/m²
ASA score
Primary laterality left/right side, %
Preoperative AFP (ng/mL)
Preoperative hCG (mlU/mL)
Lympho vascular invasion, %
pT ≥2, %
pN ≥1, %
number of nodes removed, mean
  • AFP, Alpha Fetoprotein; ASA, American Society of Anaesthesiologists; BMI, body mass index; eGFR, estimated glomerular rate; GS, Gleason Score; hCG, human chorionic gonadotropin; NACH, neoadjuvant chemotherapy; OPN, open partial nephrectomy; ORC, open radical cystectomy; ORN, open radical nephrectomy; ORP, open radical prostatectomy; ORPLND, open retroperitoneal lymph node dissection; pN, pathological node stage; PN, partial nephrectomy; PSA, prostate specific antigen ; pT, pathological tumor stage; RC, radical cystectomy; RN, radical nephrectomy; RP, radical prostatectomy; RPLND, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection; RPN, robotic partial nephrectomy; RRC, robotic radical cystectomy; RRN, robotic radical nephrectomy; RRP, robotic radical prostatectomy; RRPLND, robotic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection.