title: [Retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy - pro laparoscopy].
abstract: The functional and oncological results of laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy (L-RPLND) have proven to be as efficacious as open series (O-RPLND) after 5 year follow-up. In the most recent publication series from high-volume laparoscopy centres, there was a trend towards fewer complications in L-RPLND compared to O-RPLND. Up to now only two case series of four treated patients have been reported adopting a robotic-assisted retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy for testicular cancer so that it is not yet possible to judge whether it is useful tool or not.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Urologie und Andrologie, Paracelsus Medizinische Universität, Müllner Hauptstraße 48, A-5020 Salzburg, Österreich. l.Lusuardi@salk.at
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lusuardi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Janetschek
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000639:trends*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000639:trends*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000639:trends*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012371:Robotics / Q000639:trends*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000639:trends*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*