Fig 1.
Flowchart of the literature review process for the selection of eligible literatures.
Table 1.
Characteristics of the included studies.
Fig 2.
Forest plots of included studies evaluating the association between (A) PGG and BCR, (B) & (C) length of PSM (D) number of PSM in PCa patients.
Fig 3.
Funnel plots of (A) PGG and BCR, (B) & (C) length of PSM (D) number of PSM and BCR.
Fig 4.
Forest plots of included studies evaluating the association between (A) pT2 and pT3, (B) pT2 and pT3a, (C) pT2 and pT3b, (D) pT2 and pT3/4.
Fig 5.
Funnel plots of included studies evaluating the association between pathologic stage of the PSM (A) pT3 and pT2, (B) pT3a and pT2, (C) pT3b and pT2, (D) pT3/4 and pT2.
Table 2.
Subgroup analysis for primary Gleason grade (PGG) at PSM.