title: Surgical treatment of stage-I non-seminomatous germ cell testis tumor. Final results of a prospective multicenter trial 1982-1987. Testicular Tumor Study Group.
abstract: Final results of a prospective multicenter trial are presented comparing modified (ipsilateral) and radical retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RLND) with regard to staging accuracy, curativity, and preserved ejaculation in stage-I non-seminomatous testis tumor. In 168 patients after modified and 67 patients after radical RLND, no differences were found in relapse rates (17 and 15%, respectively; median follow-up 30 months); in frequency of retroperitoneal relapse (2.4 and 1.5%, respectively), and intra-/postoperative complications (12 and 10%, respectively). Postoperative ejaculation was antegrade in 74 and 34%, (p less than 0.001), retrograde in 11 and 12% respectively. Normozoospermia was found in 50% of patients postoperatively vs. 20% preoperatively. Results are discussed in view of other alternatives. Modified RLND is considered an optimal approach to stage-I non-seminomatous germ cell testis tumor, outside specific trials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Krankenhaus Am Urban, Berlin, FRG.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Weissbach
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Boedefeld
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Horstmann-Dubral
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004542:Ejaculation; D005298:Fertility; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D009919:Orchiectomy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000601:surgery; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*