Consequences of Missed Nodes during Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection and How to Avoid Them

European Urology, Supplements

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 470-477

  Pizzocaro, Giorgio ^a   Guarneri, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Missed nodes; Prospective nerve sparing; Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND); Templates

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RELAPSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EJACULATION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TESTIS; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 60049098343     PISSN: 15699056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eursup.2009.01.008     Document Type: Review

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