Open AccessPre-prostatic tissue removed in robotic assisted lymph node dissection for prostate cancer contains lymph nodes
Author(s) -
J. Blarer,
Christian Padevit,
D. Kevin Horton,
Denis Pfofe,
Hubert John,
Marcus Horstmann
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.120301
Subject(s) - lymph , lymph node , dissection (medical) , prostate cancer , medicine , metastasis , radiology , cancer , pathology
The on-going discussion about extent and best template for pelvic lymph dissection (PLND) motivated us to analyse pre-prostatic tissue (PPT) for lymph nodes and metastases.