title: Robot assisted lymphadenectomy in urology: pelvic, retroperitoneal and inguinal.
abstract: Lymph node dissection represents an essential surgical step in the treatment of the most commonly treated urological cancers. The introduction of robotic surgery has lead to the possibility of treating these diseases with a minimally invasive surgical approach, but the surgical principles of open surgery need to be carefully respected in order to achieve comparable oncological results. Therefore, the robotic approach to urological cancers must include a carefully performed lymph node dissection when indicated. In the current manuscript we reviewed the current indications and extensions of lymph node dissection in prostate, bladder, testicular, upper urinary tract, renal and penile cancers respectively, with a special focus on the state of the art surgical technique for each procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele-Turro, Milan, Italy - gpini3@gmail.com.|Robotic Section of the Young Academic Urologists (YAU) of the European Associastion of Urology (EA U) - gpini3@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Giovannalberto
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pini
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Surena F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Matin
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele-Turro, Milan, Italy.|Robotic Section of the Young Academic Urologists (YAU) of the European Associastion of Urology (EA U).
authors.forename: Nazareno
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suardi
authors.affiliation: Institute of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Mihir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.affiliation: Institute of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Inderbir
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.affiliation: Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Porter
authors.affiliation: Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.affiliation: Institute of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Rene
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sotelo
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele-Turro, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gaboardi
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, San Luigi Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Porpiglia
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007264:Inguinal Canal; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D010388:Pelvis; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures; D014571:Urologic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods