Review Article

Port-Site Metastasis after Laparoscopic Surgery for Urological Malignancy: Forgotten or Missed

Table 1

The case reports found on MEDLINE.

AuthorProcedureTumour type, stage, and gradeNumber of cases

Stolla et al., 1994Laparoscopic pelvic lymph node dissectionBladder TCC pT3G21
Andersen et al.,1995Transperitoneal laparoscopic bladder biopsyBladder TCC T1G21
Bangma et al., 1995Laporoscopic pelvic lymph node dissectionPCa T3N11
Altieri et al., 1998Laporoscopic pelvic lymph node dissectionBladder TCC T3G21
Ahmed et al., 1998Laparoscopic nephrectomyKidney TCC T3G3-G41
Otani et al., 1999Laparoscopic nephrectomyIncidental finding of TCC, G3 within tuberculous atrophic kidney1
Fentie et al., 2000Laparoscopic nephrectomyRCC T3N0G41
Landman and Clayman, 2001Laparoscopic nephrectomyRCC T1N0G21
Castilho et al., 2001Laparoscopic nephrectomyRCC T1N0G21
Wang et al., 2002Laparoscopic cystectomyIncidental finding of SCC in ovarian dermoid cyst1
Chen et al., 2003Laparoscopic nephrectomy (hand assisted)RCC T2N0M01
Rassweiler et al., 2003Laparoscopic adrenalectomySmall-cell lung carcinoma adrenal metastasis1
Laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissectionNA1
Saraiva P et al., 2003Laparoscopic adrenalectomyMetastatic melanoma of adrenal gland. Grade unavailable1
Matsui et al., 2004Laparoscopic retroperitoneal nephroureterectomySCC pT3N0M01
Iwamura et al., 2004Laparoscopic retroperitoneal nephrectomyRCC T1bN0M01
Micali et al., 2004Laparoscopic AdrenalectomyLung metastases pT4/G3 (3); Adrenocortical Ca-grade and stage NA (1)4
Laporoscopic pelvic lymph node dissectionSquamous penile Ca1
Laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissectionNonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumor1
Laparoscopic simple nephrectomyIncidental TCC in each instance—pT1/G2; pT1/G3; pT2/G3; NA4
Laparoscopic nephroureterectomypT3/G33
Naderi et al., 2004Laporoscopic nephroureterectomyKidney TCC cT1N0M01
Chueh et al., 2004Laporoscopic bilateral nephroureterectomyGrade 2 renal TCC with pelvic muscular invasion and bladder metastasis1
Porpiglea et al., 2004Laparoscopic adrenalectomyAdrenal metastasis from nonsmall cell lung carcinoma1
El-Tabey and Shoma, 2005Laparoscopic cystectomy (robot-assisted)Bladder TCC T3bN0M0G31
Kobori et al., 2005Laparoscopic nephrectomyPapillary adenocarcinoma of pelvis. Stage and grade unavailable1
Dhobada et al., 2006Laparoscopic nephrectomyRCC T2N0M0G31
Manabe et al., 2007Laparoscopic nephroureterectomyUpper tract transitional cell carcinoma without distant metastases1
Muntener et al., 2007Laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomyUpper tract TCC. Stage T1, high grade1
Castillo and Vitagliano 2008Laparoscopic partial nephrectomyRCC T1N0M0G31
Laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissectionMixed germ cell tumor T3N0M01
Cresswell et al., 2008Laporoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissectionStage 1 nonseminomatous germ cell tumour. Grade NA1
Segawa et al., 2008Laparoscopic nephroureterectomy and cystectomyInvasive bladder cancer with bone metastasis. Grade NA1
Spermon and Witjes 2008Laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissectionStage IIb non seminomatous germ cell tumour (Histology-yolk sac and teratoma elements)1
Greco et al., 2009Laparoscopic partial nephrectomyRenal clear cell papillary carcinoma pT1a, high grade1
Yasuda et al., 2009laparoscopic nephroureterectomyUpper urinary tract carcinoma. T2N0M0 Grade 2 > 31
Huang et al., 2010Laparoscopic radical cystectomy and pelvic lymph node dissectionNA1

Pca = prostate cancer, RCC = Renal cell carcinoma, SCC cell carcinoma, NA = not available.