Lymph node dissection.

Lymph Node Dissection

Gastric cancer remains as one of the leading causes of death worldwide (Yoshida et al., 2004). Middle third and distal cancers tend to decline worldwide. However, in the western populations proximal gastric cancers tend to increase even though the incidence of those cancers stays the same in Japan. Today, the incidence of early gastric cancer has reached above 50% in Japan while in the west two...

VATS lymph node dissection.

Laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection.

OBJECTIVES Primary objective of the present article is to evaluate the surgical efficiency of the laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in clinical stage I and II testis tumor. Secundary, objective is the description of the technique used by the author. METHODS A description of the author's experience and review of the literature in terms of feasibility, oncological results and ...

Mini-laparotomy pelvic lymph node dissection minimizes morbidity, hospitalization and cost of pelvic lymph node dissection.

PURPOSE We compared efficacy, morbidity and cost of mini-laparotomy pelvic lymph node dissection and laparoscopic pelvic lymph node dissection. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 40 patients underwent mini-laparatomy, laparoscopic or standard pelvic lymph node dissection during a 24-month period. Nodal yield, complications, hospitalization and postoperative analgesic requirements were retrospec...

Inguinal sentinel lymph node dissection vs. complete inguinal lymph node dissection in patients with vulvar cancer.

BACKGROUND The aim of this retrospective study was to ascertain the postoperative morbidity in patients with vulvar cancer undergoing sentinel lymph node vs. complete inguinal lymph node dissection. PATIENTS AND METHODS In total 29 and 46 patients with vulvar cancer, were treated by the technique of inguinal sentinel lymph node dissection or complete inguinal lymph node dissection, respective...