Pelvic lymph node dissection for prostate cancer Book Section
| Authors: | Silberstein, J. L.; Laudone, V. P. |
| Editors: | Eastham, J. A.; Schaeffer, E. M. |
| Article/Chapter Title: | Pelvic lymph node dissection for prostate cancer |
| Abstract: | Pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) is a critical element of an oncologically well-performed radical prostatectomy. PLND provides critical staging information that may be used to influence or guide treatment. Mounting evidence also demonstrates that PLND likely has an important therapeutic role. Unfortunately, especially in the current era of minimally invasive surgery, PLND is often performed poorly, if at all, and data regarding PLND are often omitted from published reports. The cause for the apparent decline in the recognition of the importance of a PLND is not entirely clear but appears to inversely mirror the increase in the prevalence of robotic prostatectomy. The lack of a complete PLND in many robotic cases may be partially due to uncertainty that a thorough PLND can be performed robotically and result in outcomes equivalent to a thorough open lymphadenectomy. This chapter details the exact surgical steps necessary to accomplish this goal. We also review the data supporting both the diagnostic and therapeutic importance of the PLND. © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014. |
| Book Title: | Radical Prostatectomy: Surgical Perspectives |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4614-8692-3 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Publication Place: | New York, NY |
| Date Published: | 2014-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 57 |
| End Page: | 74 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-1-4614-8693-0_4 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Book Chapter: 4 -- Radic. Prostatectomy: Surgical Perspectives -- 9781461486930 (eISBN); 9781461486923 (ISBN) -- Export Date: 3 February 2016 -- Source: Scopus |
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