Study design

retrospective

Study time

2013.1-2014.12

Country

Germany

Object

patients (RRP n = 241; RARP n = 231) who underwent surgical treatment for prostate cancer

Sample size

472

Topic classification

Comparison of surgical techniques

Keypoint

Next to an extended lymph node yield, high-grade disease was associated with a higher risk to develop symptomatic lymphocele irrespective of the technical approach.

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