Does increasing the nodal yield improve outcomes in patients without nodal metastasis at radical cystectomy?

Michael Rink; Shahrokh F Shariat; Evanguelos Xylinas; John P Fitzgerald; Jens Hansen; David A Green; Ashish M Kamat; Giacomo Novara; Siamak Daneshmand; Yves Fradet; Scott T Tagawa; Patrick J Bastian; Wassim Kassouf; Quoc-Dien Trinh; Pierre I Karakiewicz; Hans-Martin Fritsche; Derya Tilki; Felix Chun; Bjoern G Volkmer; Marko Babjuk; Axel S Merseburger; Douglas S Scherr; Yair Lotan; Robert S Svatek

doi:10.1007/s00345-012-0910-5

Does increasing the nodal yield improve outcomes in patients without nodal metastasis at radical cystectomy?

Michael Rink
Shahrokh F Shariat
Evanguelos Xylinas
John P Fitzgerald
Jens Hansen
David A Green
Ashish M Kamat
Giacomo Novara
Siamak Daneshmand
Yves Fradet
Scott T Tagawa
Patrick J Bastian
Wassim Kassouf
Quoc-Dien Trinh
Pierre I Karakiewicz
Hans-Martin Fritsche
Derya Tilki
Felix Chun
Bjoern G Volkmer
Marko Babjuk
Axel S Merseburger
Douglas S Scherr
Yair Lotan
Robert S Svatek

Beteiligte Einrichtungen

Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie

Abstract

To determine whether the number of lymph nodes (LNs) examined is associated with outcomes in patients without nodal metastasis after radical cystectomy (RC).

Bibliografische Daten

Originalsprache	Englisch
Aufsatznummer	6
ISSN	0724-4983
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-012-0910-5
Status	Veröffentlicht - 12.2012