Bilateral Peritoneal Flaps Reduce Incidence and Complications of Lymphoceles after Robotic Radical Prostatectomy with Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection-Results of the Prospective Randomized Multicenter Trial ProLy.

Journal: The Journal of urology
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Abstract

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a surgically constructed bilateral peritoneal flap (PIF) as an adjunct to robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) and pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) on the incidence of lymphoceles.

Authors

  • Simon Gloger
    Center for Minimally Invasive and Robotic Urology, Augusta Hospital Bochum, Witten/Herdecke University, Bochum, Germany.
  • Burkhard Ubrig
    Center for Minimally Invasive and Robotic Urology, Augusta Hospital Bochum, Witten/Herdecke University, Bochum, Germany.
  • Anselm Boy
    Center for Minimally Invasive and Robotic Urology, Augusta Hospital Bochum, Witten/Herdecke University, Bochum, Germany.
  • Sami-Ramzi Leyh-Bannurah
    Sami-Ramzi Leyh-Bannurah, Dirk Pehrke, Hartwig Huland, Markus Graefen, and Lars Budäus, Prostate Cancer Center Hamburg-Eppendorf; Sami-Ramzi Leyh-Bannurah, Margit Fisch, and Guido Sauter, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg; Ulrich Wolffgang, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany; and Zhe Tian and Pierre I. Karakiewicz, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Canada.
  • Stefan Siemer
    Klinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
  • Madeleine Arndt
    Department of Urology, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
  • Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg
    Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Toni Franz
    Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Matthias Oelke
    Department of Urology, Pediatric Urology and Uro-Oncology, St. Antonius-Hospital, Gronau, Germany.
  • Jörn H Witt