Study time

2016.6-2019.8

Country

Switzerland

Object

All 41 patients received a robot-assisted RP and a standardized 10-step monoblock ePLND followed by a 5- step monoblock sePLND at our institution.

Inclusion criteria

When classifying patients according to D’Amico risk categories, 94 patients were identified to have “low risk”, 303 patients to have “intermediate risk”, and 177 to have “high risk”. Of the high-risk patients, 41 presented with localized (n = 19) and locally advanced (n = 22) PCa, and a very high risk of LNI. A very high risk of LNI was defined as _x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f30% risk for LNI, as calculated by the Briganti 2017 nomogram.

Sample size

41

Topic classification

Intraoperative operation

Keypoint

The 5-step superextended pelvic lymph node dissection approach is a reproducible and feasible technique for PCa patients at a very high risk of lymph node invasion.

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