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Pelvic Lymphadenectomy in the Management of Prostate Cancer

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Endoscopic Extraperitoneal Radical Prostatectomy

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Abstract

In the era before prostate-specific antigen (PSA), when patients presented in advanced stages of prostate cancer, pelvic lymphadenectomy was the only available tool to provide staging information prior to commencement of surgical treatment for the prostate cancer. Contemporary imaging modalities such as bilateral pedal lymphangiography lacked sufficient sensitivity to replace surgical lymphnode staging.

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    Sivaprakasam Sivalingam MD

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    Hartwig Schwaibold Dr. med.

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  1. Department of Urology, Head of International Training, Centre of Urologic Laparoscopy, University of Leipzig, Liebigstraße 20, 04103, Leipzig, Germany

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Sivalingam, S., Schwaibold, H. (2007). Pelvic Lymphadenectomy in the Management of Prostate Cancer. In: Stolzenburg, JU., Gettman, M., Liatsikos , E. (eds) Endoscopic Extraperitoneal Radical Prostatectomy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45536-3_6

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