Pelvic lymph node dissection in prostate cancer staging: evaluation of morbidity and oncological outcomes.
Andries Van HueleFilip PoelaertValérie FonteyneKarel DecaesteckerPiet OstNicolaas LumenPublished in: Acta chirurgica Belgica (2018)
Minimal invasive surgery can diminish major complications which delay RT start. Nodal staging proved to be of importance for prognosis but no therapeutic effect was seen of performing PLND as such.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- radical prostatectomy
- prostate cancer
- rectal cancer
- minimally invasive
- pet ct
- sentinel lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- coronary artery bypass
- locally advanced
- risk factors
- surgical site infection
- type diabetes
- radiation therapy
- skeletal muscle
- squamous cell carcinoma
- metabolic syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute coronary syndrome
- adipose tissue