Table 1: Description of the study population (N=297)

1.	Age		mean=62.5 (s.d.=6.0) range=37-79
2.	Body Mass Index (BMI)		mean=26.2 (s.d.=2.97) range=19-36
3.	Distance from hospital		mean=49.3 (s.d.=42.8) range=1-216
4.	Charlson comorbidity index		mean=0.37 (s.d.=1.0) range=0-9
5.	Fascia Preservation score		mean=3.72 (s.d.=3.2) range=0-12
6.	Professional activity
		Yes	n=152 (51%)
		No	n=143 (49%)
7.	Employment status
		Low	n=72 (24%)
		Average	n=117 (39%)
		High Unknown	n=57 (19%) n=51 (18%)
8.	Location Follow Up
		Other hospital	n=101 (34%)
		Our institute	n=196 (66%)
9.	Post-operative Gleasonscore
		6	n=98 (33%)
		7	n=158 (53%)
		8	n=28 (9%)
		9	n=11 (4%)
		10	n=1 (0,3%)
10.	pT status
		pT2	n=216 (73%)
		pT3	n= 71 (24%)
		pT4	n=8 (3%)
11.	pN status
		0	n= 129 (43%)
		1	n= 21 (7%)
		x	n=147 (50%)
12.	Post-operative incontinence
		Yes	n= 22 (7%)
		No	n= 275 (93%)
13.	Post-operative urine drops/dribbling
		Yes	n= 101 (34%)
		No	n= 196 (66%)
14.	Post-operative erection
		No erection	n=144 (48%)
		Erection present or weak	n=77 (26%)
		Use of medicine	n= 76 (26%)
15.	Margin Positive Negative		n=76 (26%) n=221 (74%)
16.	Biochemical recurrence
		Yes	n=49 (17%)
		No	n=243 (83%)