Morbidity of modified pelvic lymphadenectomy and radiotherapy for prostatic cancer

Urology. 1991 Apr;37(4):297-300. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(91)80252-3.

Abstract

The records of 63 patients treated by pelvic lymphadenectomy and radiotherapy at the University of Tennessee, Memphis, Baptist Memorial Hospital of Memphis, and the Memphis Veterans Affairs Hospital were reviewed. Of those patients, 45 received external beam radiation therapy to the prostate while 16 were treated by Iodine-125 implantation. Two patients had only staging lymphadenectomy. The incidence of postoperative and late complications were analyzed.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Humans
  • Lymph Node Excision / adverse effects*
  • Lymph Node Excision / methods
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Morbidity
  • Pelvis
  • Postoperative Complications / epidemiology*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / radiotherapy*