Does skip metastasis or other lymph node parameters have additional effects on survival of patients undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer?


Ugurlu O., BALTACI S., ASLAN G., CAN Y. S. C., Cal C., ELHAN A. H., ...More

KOREAN JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, vol.56, no.5, pp.357-364, 2015 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 56 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.4111/kju.2015.56.5.357
  • Journal Name: KOREAN JOURNAL OF UROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Page Numbers: pp.357-364
  • Keywords: Lymph node excision, Treatment outcome, Urinary bladder neoplasms, TRANSITIONAL-CELL CARCINOMA, INFERIOR MESENTERIC-ARTERY, EXTENDED LYMPHADENECTOMY, PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTER, PELVIC LYMPHADENECTOMY, SINGLE-CENTER, DISSECTION, DENSITY, OUTCOMES, SURGERY
  • Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate the effects of lymph node metastasis, skip metastasis, and other factors related to lymph node status on survival in patients who underwent radical cystectomy (RC) and extended lymph node dissection (eLND).