Extended versus standard pelvic lymphadenectomy during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: the role of extended template as an independent predictor of lymph node invasion with comparable morbidity burden - Concepedia

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Extended versus standard pelvic lymphadenectomy during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: the role of extended template as an independent predictor of lymph node invasion with comparable morbidity burden

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Francesco Alessandro Mistretta, Luca Boeri, Angelica Grasso, Vito Lo Russo, G. Albo, E. De Lorenzis, Marco Maggioni, Franco Palmisano, P. Dell’Orto, Silvano Bòsari,

Minerva Urology and Nephrology

Abstract

EPLND during RARP is safe and effective. It results in more removed nodes and a higher LN positivity rate compared to SPLND, predicting LNI without increasing complications.