Extended pelvic lymph node dissection does not affect erectile function recovery in patients treated with bilateral nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy

Giorgio Gandaglia; Nazareno Suardi; Andrea Gallina; Firas Abdollah; Umberto Capitanio; Andrea Salonia; Renzo Colombo; Marco Bianchi; Felix Chun; Jens Hansen; Patrizio Rigatti; Francesco Montorsi; Alberto Briganti

doi:10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02812.x

Extended pelvic lymph node dissection does not affect erectile function recovery in patients treated with bilateral nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy

Giorgio Gandaglia
Nazareno Suardi
Andrea Gallina
Firas Abdollah
Umberto Capitanio
Andrea Salonia
Renzo Colombo
Marco Bianchi
Felix Chun
Jens Hansen
Patrizio Rigatti
Francesco Montorsi
Alberto Briganti

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Department for Urology

Abstract

Extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND) might be associated with damages to the pelvic plexus, potentially affecting erectile function (EF) recovery after radical prostatectomy (RP). However, the impact of the extent of pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) on EF has never been addressed.

Bibliographical data

Original language	English
Article number	8
ISSN	1743-6095
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02812.x
Publication status	Published - 08.2012