Postchemotherapy Robot-Assisted Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection for Metastatic Testicular Cancer: Initial Experience at a Brazilian Oncology Center

Introduction Testicular cancer is the most common neoplasm in men aged 20 to 40 years. Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection plays an essential role in the treatment of such patients. Conventional open surgery has a complication rate of 30 to 36%. Some case series have demonstrated that a...

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Main Authors: Tadeu José Fontenele Leite Campos, Felipe Monerrat Lott, Jan Michael Sobel, Walter Carlos Oliveira, Franz Santos Campos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2024-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0044-1790563
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Summary:Introduction Testicular cancer is the most common neoplasm in men aged 20 to 40 years. Retroperitoneal lymph node dissection plays an essential role in the treatment of such patients. Conventional open surgery has a complication rate of 30 to 36%. Some case series have demonstrated that a robot-assisted technique presented safety, oncological efficacy, and yielded lower complication rates. We retrospectively evaluated peri- and postoperative outcomes of robot-assisted retroperitoneal lymph node dissection after chemotherapy performed in patients at Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
ISSN:2526-8732