Giancarlo Albo, Andrea Gallioli, Francesco Ripa, Elisa De Lorenzis, Luca Boeri, Carolina Bebi, Lorenzo Rocchini, Fabrizio Longo, Stefano Paolo Zanetti, Matteo Turetti, Michela Piccoli, Emanuele Montanari
BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) with extended lymphadenectomy (ePLND) is the gold standard for surgical treatment of prostate cancer (PCa). Recently, the en-bloc ePLND has been proposed but no studies reported on the standardization of the technique. The aim of the study is to describe different standardized en-bloc ePLND, the antegrade and the retrograde ePLND, and to compare their surgical and oncological outcomes. MATERIALS & METHODS: From January 2018 to September 2019, all patients subjected to RARP plus ePLND by one single surgeon were enrolled...
March 21, 2024: BMC Urology