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Case Reports
. 2012 Jun;26(6):635-40.
doi: 10.1089/end.2011.0214. Epub 2012 Jan 25.

Robot-assisted laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in an adolescent population

Nicholas G Cost  1 , Daniel G DaJusta, Candace F Granberg, Raven M Cooksey, Carrie E Laborde, Jonathan E Wickiser, Patricio C Gargollo
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Robot-assisted laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in an adolescent population

Nicholas G Cost et al. J Endourol. 2012 Jun.

Abstract

Abstract Laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) has been shown to be safe and effective in appropriately selected pediatric and adolescent patients with paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) and testicular germ-cell tumors (T-GCT). While the use of robot-assisted laparoscopy has expanded rapidly in many areas, there are very limited reports of its use with RPLND. We present two cases of adolescents who were treated using robot-assisted laparoscopic RPLND (R-RPLND)-one with paratesticular RMS (PT-RMS) and one with testicular GCT (T-GCT)-with good outcomes and low morbidity.

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  • Editorial comment for Cost et al.
    Janetschek G. Janetschek G. J Endourol. 2012 Jun;26(6):640-1. doi: 10.1089/end.2012.0054. Epub 2012 May 3. J Endourol. 2012. PMID: 22296583 No abstract available.

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