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- Title
Robot-assisted laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for stage IIIb mixed germ cell testicular cancer after chemotherapy.
- Authors
Sang Hyub Lee; Dong Soo Kim; Sung-Goo Chang; Seung Hyun Jeon
- Abstract
Laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, especially when performed with the da Vinci Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical), has shown excellent cosmetic results with similar oncologic outcomes to those of open surgery. In this study, we present a case of robot-assisted retroperitoneal lymph node dissection performed in an 18-year-old man who was diagnosed with a stage IIIb mixed germ cell tumor and who was initially treated with radical orchiectomy, followed by chemotherapy. This case shows that robot-assisted retroperitoneal lymph node dissection is technically feasible, safe, and cosmetically favorable, even when performed on patients with high-stage disease or after chemotherapy.
- Subjects
SURGICAL robots; LYMPHADENECTOMY; TESTICULAR cancer treatment; CANCER chemotherapy; CASTRATION
- Publication
Korean Journal of Urology, 2015, Vol 56, Issue 7, p540
- ISSN
2005-6737
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4111/kju.2015.56.7.540