Repeat retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for metastatic testis cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1353-1356

  Sexton, Wade J ^a,b   Wood, Christopher G ^a   Kim, Richard ^a   Pisters, Louis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymph node excision; Neoplasm metastasis; Testicular neoplasms; Testis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER CENTER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CHYLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NECROSIS; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; SAFETY; TERATOMA; TESTIS CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0037376336     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000052372.06901.de     Document Type: Article

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