Optimizing the Approach for Lymph Node Dissection during Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy

European Urology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-78

  Ghazi, Ahmed ^a   Zimmermann, Reinhold ^a   Al Bodour, Amjad ^a   Shefler, Alexander ^a   Janetschek, Gunter ^a  

^a ELISABETHINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Extended pelvic lymph node dissection; Invasive bladder cancer; Laparoscopy; Lymphadectomy; Radical cystectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70449523234     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.06.024     Document Type: Article

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