Open AccessLymph Nodes Invasion of Marcille’s Fossa Associates with High Metastatic Load in Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing Extended Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection: The Role of “Marcillectomy”
Author(s) -
Antonio Benito Porcaro,
Giovanni Cacciamani,
Marco Sebben,
Alessandro Tafuri,
Tania Processali,
Riccardo Rizzetto,
Nicolò De Luyk,
Marco Pirozzi,
Nelia Amigoni,
Paolo Corsi,
Davide Inverardi,
Matteo Brunelli,
Filippo Migliorini,
Vincenzo De Marco,
Walter Artibani
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
urologia internationalis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.771
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1423-0399
pISSN - 0042-1138
DOI - 10.1159/000500330
Subject(s) - medicine , prostate cancer , lymph node , prostatectomy , dissection (medical) , lymph , lymphadenectomy , malignancy , radiology , cancer , pathology
To assess the incidence of malignancy involvement of lymph nodes (LNs) in Marcille's fossa in patients undergoing robot assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) and extended pelvic lymph nodes dissection (ePLND) for prostate cancer (PCa).