Stage A nonseminomatous testis carcinoma: rationale and results of nerve-sparing retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy

Urol Int. 1991;46(3):294-7. doi: 10.1159/000282154.

Abstract

The major objection to the use of retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy in low-stage testis cancer has been the universal loss of ejaculatory ability if a full bilateral dissection is performed. The Indiana University experience with nerve-sparing dissection is presented. One hundred percent of the patients subjected to this procedure maintain ejaculatory ability.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Complications / prevention & control*
  • Lymph Node Excision / methods*
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / surgery*
  • Nerve Fibers
  • Retroperitoneal Space
  • Testicular Neoplasms / pathology
  • Testicular Neoplasms / surgery*