Clinical Study
Laparoscopic Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Prostate Cancer: The Relevance of Locations Outside the Extended Dissection Area
Table 1
Location and pathology results of SNs outside the extended resection area. No = 37 patients (of the 121).
| | Location | Number of patients | Tumor bearing | Was it the only positive node retrieved? |
| | Presacral | 9 | 1 | Yes | | Cloquet’s node | 8 | 1 | No | | Inguinal | 7 | 0 | | | Para-aortic | 6 | 1 | No | | Abdominal wall | 4 | 1 | No | | Pararectal | 1 | 0 | | | Behind the common iliac artery | 1 | 0 | | | Lateral to the external iliac artery | 1 | 1 | Yes |
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