Yutaro Sasaki, Kazuyoshi Izumi, Kyotaro Fukuta, Fumiya Kadoriku, Yuichiro Atagi, Kei Daizumoto, Keito Shiozaki, Ryotaro Tomida, Yoshito Kusuhara, Tomoya Fukawa, Yutaka Yanagihara, Kunihisa Yamaguchi, Yasuyo Yamamoto, Hirofumi Izaki, Masayuki Takahashi, Kenjiro Okamoto, Masahito Yamanaka, Junya Furukawa
This study was performed to clarify the therapeutic and diagnostic roles of lymph node dissection (LND) by examining the impact of LND and lymph node yield (LNY) on oncological outcomes in patients undergoing robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC). Between 2014 and 2021, 216 patients underwent LND during RARC at Tokushima University Hospital and affiliated hospitals. Among the 216 patients, we compared 115 patients with an LNY of ≥ 20 and 101 with an LNY of < 20 to investigate the impact of LNY on surgical and oncological outcomes...
March 30, 2024: Journal of Robotic Surgery