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Robot‐assisted laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for left clinical stage <scp>I</scp> non‐seminomatous germ cell testicular cancer: Focus on port placement and surgical technique

Maria Carmen Mir, Riccardo Autorino, Dinesh Samarasekera, Joseph C. Klink, Andrew J. Stephenson, Jihad Kaouk

Year
2013
Citations
10

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

MedicineRetroperitoneal lymph node dissectionDissection (medical)Testicular cancerLymph nodePort (circuit theory)SurgeryGerm cell tumorsStage (stratigraphy)Pathology

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