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Post-Chemotherapy Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection for Metastatic Testicular Cancer at a National Referral Centre.

Konstantinos Evmorfopoulos, Panagiotis J Vlachostergios, Georgios Chasiotis, Anastasios Karatzas, Ioannis Zachos, George Koukoulis, Konstantinos Dimitropoulos, Louis L Pisters, Vassilios Tzortzis

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Article in Cancers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Editorial Comment on Survivorship Postretroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection for Metastatic Testicular Cancer: A Systematic Review.International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Konstantinos EvmorfopoulosDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, University Hospital of Larissa, 41100 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5634-9944
Panagiotis J VlachostergiosDepartment of Medical Oncology, IASO Thessalias Hospital, 41005 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-1704-1517
Georgios ChasiotisDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, University Hospital of Larissa, 41100 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6730-2471
Anastasios KaratzasDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, University Hospital of Larissa, 41100 Larissa, Greece.
Ioannis ZachosDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, University Hospital of Larissa, 41100 Larissa, Greece.
George KoukoulisDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41100 Larissa, Greece.
Konstantinos DimitropoulosDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, University Hospital of Larissa, 41100 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-7090-7327
Louis L PistersDepartment of Urology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Vassilios TzortzisDepartment of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, University Hospital of Larissa, 41100 Larissa, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo assess the safety of open PC-RPLND at a high-volume national referral centre over the course of several years. MATERIALS AND

methodsA retrospective chart review of patients with testicular germ cell tumours (TGCTs) who underwent PC-RPLND at our institution between 2008 and 2023 was conducted. Patient demographics, clinical characteristics, intraoperative and postoperative parameters and adjunctive procedures were recorded. ClassIntra and Clavien Dindo classifications were used to assess intraoperative and postoperative complications, respectively.

resultsIn total, 165 patients were studied. The median (Q1-Q3) age of patients was 30.5 years (24.75-38.25), and the median maximum diameter of retroperitoneal masses was 50 mm (26.75-81.25). The most common adjunctive procedure was synchronous nephrectomy (

conclusionsPC-RPLND is a complex operation, often accompanied by adjunctive surgical procedures and therefore must be conducted in high-volume referral centres to ensure safety and minimise complications.

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adjunctive procedureschemotherapycomplicationsmetastasispc-RPLNDretroperitoneumtesticular cancer

Identifiers

PMID40002203
PMCPMC11853486

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