Reliability of the different versions of Partin tables in predicting extraprostatic extension of prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Accurate prediction of extraprostatic extension (EPE) of prostate cancer (PCa) is the keystone for deciding whether to perform a neurovascular bundle sparing (NVBs) radical prostatectomy or not, which will subsequently affect the postoperative functional outcomes especially potency. Partin tables are the most commonly used predictive tools (PTs) for prediction of EPE. Moreover, they are the most commonly externally validated. In these settings, the aim of our work is to perform a systematic review of the literature and a meta-analysis for the discriminative performance of the different versions of Partin tables for EPE prediction.