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Editorial: PLND during RP for PCa: extending the template in the right patients without increasing complications

May 9, 2018/by Francesco Montorsi

It took long time and consistent evidence to endorse the staging role of extended pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) in prostate cancer (PCa). The poor performance of both conventional and functional imaging in identifying preoperative nodal status has contributed to making extended PLND the most accurate nodal staging procedure in PCa 1. Current available guidelines recommend […]

Editorial: sLND – if yes, Robotics?

September 6, 2017/by Francesco Montorsi

The manuscript in this issue of the BJUI by de Castro Abreu et al. [1] reports the results of the first series of patients to undergo robotic-assisted salvage lymph node dissection (sLND) for nodal recurrence of prostate cancer. Despite the absence of a high level of evidence, sLND has been gaining attention in recent years. Indeed, several series have shown […]