Paracaval nodes included the nodal packet to the right of the inferior ... CS, clinical stage; CT, computed tomography; RPLND, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection; STM, serum tumor markers. The ...

Intraoperative frozen biopsy and sentinel lymph nodes technique have not shown sufficient accuracy to avoid extended lymphadenectomy, due to the significant rates of skip lymphatic metastasis.

Background: Retroperitoneal lymph nodes are a common site of metastases in primary ovarian cancers and primary peritoneal carcinoma, therefore pelvic and paraaortic lymphadenectomy are recommended.

The sensitivity of FDG-PET for detection of extrauterine lesions (excluding the metastatic retroperitoneal lymph nodes) was also superior (83.3%) to that of CT/MRI (66.7%). However, there was no ...

If cancer has spread to the lymph nodes at the back of the abdomen ... RPLND: You might hear your doctor call this retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, or RPLND. This kind of surgery requires ...

Treatment includes surgery and chemotherapy. Stage 3A1 means the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes in the back of your abdomen (retroperitoneal lymph nodes). This is split into 2: 3A1(i) means the ...

It is common for testicular cancer to spread to the lymph nodes in the back of the tummy (abdomen). These are called the retroperitoneal lymph nodes. These lymph nodes are behind your bowel and just ...

"Contemporary short-term peri-operative outcomes of open primary retroperitoneal lymph node ... two surgical techniques for removing lymph nodes to understand if one is better than the other ...

Lymph nodes are small (about 1-2 centimeters around or the size of a couple of AAA batteries side by side) oval or kidney-shaped structures that are a part of your immune system. They're part of ...

A 5 cm retroperitoneal mass adjacent to the left kidney was also noted. On the same day, the CT scan was repeated with contrast, and the retroperitoneal mass anterior and medial to the left kidney ...

Surgery to remove the lymph nodes, called retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND), is a major procedure and may limit movement for a short time. People may have drainage tubes from the ...