TY - JOUR
T1 - Robot assisted lymphadenectomy in urology
T2 - Pelvic, retroperitoneal and inguinal
AU - Pini, Giovannalberto
AU - Matin, Surena F.
AU - Suardi, Nazareno
AU - Desai, Mihir
AU - Gill, Inderbir
AU - Porter, James
AU - Stein, Robert J.
AU - Sotelo, Rene
AU - Gaboardi, Franco
AU - Porpiglia, Francesco
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2017 Edizioni Minerva Medica.
PY - 2017/2
Y1 - 2017/2
N2 - Lymph node dissection represents an essential surgical step in the treatment of the most commonly treated urological cancers. The introduction of robotic surgery has lead to the possibility of treating these diseases with a minimally invasive surgical approach, but the surgical principles of open surgery need to be carefully respected in order to achieve comparable oncological results. Therefore, the robotic approach to urological cancers must include a carefully performed lymph node dissection when indicated. In the current manuscript we reviewed the current indications and extensions of lymph node dissection in prostate, bladder, testicular, upper urinary tract, renal and penile cancers respectively, with a special focus on the state of the art surgical technique for each procedure.
AB - Lymph node dissection represents an essential surgical step in the treatment of the most commonly treated urological cancers. The introduction of robotic surgery has lead to the possibility of treating these diseases with a minimally invasive surgical approach, but the surgical principles of open surgery need to be carefully respected in order to achieve comparable oncological results. Therefore, the robotic approach to urological cancers must include a carefully performed lymph node dissection when indicated. In the current manuscript we reviewed the current indications and extensions of lymph node dissection in prostate, bladder, testicular, upper urinary tract, renal and penile cancers respectively, with a special focus on the state of the art surgical technique for each procedure.
KW - Lymph node excision
KW - Robotic surgical procedures
KW - Urology
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U2 - 10.23736/S0393-2249.16.02823-X
DO - 10.23736/S0393-2249.16.02823-X
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28009144
AN - SCOPUS:85014447870
SN - 0393-2249
VL - 69
SP - 38
EP - 55
JO - Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica
JF - Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica
IS - 1
ER -