Study design

randomized, controlled, multi-center trial 

Study time

2017.3-2017.12

Country

Germany

Object

patients with prostate cancer who underwent RARP with PLND; robot-assisted radical prostatectomies were performed in 3 German centers and 1 Austrian center

Inclusion criteria

Place of residence >100 kmaway from study center; No consent to studyparticipation; Lack of ability to understand/consent

Sample size

232

Topic classification

New technique，Intraoperative operation

Keypoint

A peritoneal flap after RARP was not found to influence the rate of postoperative lymphocele, whether asymptomatic or requiring treatment.

Year