Robot-assisted laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for left clinical stage I non-seminomatous germ cell testicular cancer: focus on port placement and surgical technique

Maria Carmen Mir; Riccardo Autorino; Dinesh Samarasekera; Joseph Klink; Andrew J Stephenson; Jihad H Kaouk

doi:10.1111/iju.12249

Robot-assisted laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for left clinical stage I non-seminomatous germ cell testicular cancer: focus on port placement and surgical technique

Int J Urol. 2014 Feb;21(2):212-4. doi: 10.1111/iju.12249. Epub 2013 Sep 30.

Authors

Maria Carmen Mir¹, Riccardo Autorino, Dinesh Samarasekera, Joseph Klink, Andrew J Stephenson, Jihad H Kaouk

Affiliation

¹ Glickman Urologic and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

PMID: 24118455
DOI: 10.1111/iju.12249

Abstract

The aim of our report was to describe the feasibility of robotic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in the contemporary era. We suggest the linear port location and 90° robotic docking as the main key to minimizing instrument clashing and improving the range of surgical accessibility.

Keywords: modified left template; retroperitoneal lymph node dissection; robotic surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Feasibility Studies
Humans
Laparoscopy / instrumentation
Laparoscopy / methods
Lymph Node Excision / instrumentation*
Lymph Node Excision / methods*
Lymphatic Metastasis
Male
Neoplasm Staging
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / secondary
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / surgery*
Retroperitoneal Space / surgery
Robotics*
Testicular Neoplasms / pathology
Testicular Neoplasms / surgery*

Supplementary concepts

Nonseminomatous germ cell tumor