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- Title
Lymph node dissection during radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer: extending the template in the right patients without increasing complications.
- Authors
Ventimiglia, Eugenio; Briganti, Alberto; Montorsi, Francesco
- Abstract
The article offers information regarding endorsement of staging role of extended pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) in prostate cancer (PCa). It mentions that extending the anatomical template by adding nearby nodal stations would further minimize the risk of missing positive lymph nodes. It states that high risk PCa treated with radical prostatectomy and a superextended PLND.
- Subjects
LYMPHADENECTOMY; PROSTATE cancer; LYMPH nodes; PROSTATECTOMY; AXILLARY lymph node dissection
- Publication
BJU International, 2018, Vol 121, Issue 5, p677
- ISSN
1464-4096
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/bju.14169