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Extended vs standard lymph node dissection in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy for intermediate- or high-risk prostate cancer: a propensity-score-matching analysis

Authors
 Kwang Hyun Kim  ;  Sey Kiat Lim  ;  Ha Yan Kim  ;  Tae-Young Shin  ;  Joo Yong Lee  ;  Young Deuk Choi  ;  Byung Ha Chung  ;  Sung Joon Hong  ;  Koon Ho Rha 
Citation
 BJU INTERNATIONAL, Vol.112(2) : 216-223, 2013 
Journal Title
BJU INTERNATIONAL
ISSN
 1464-4096 
Issue Date
2013
MeSH
Aged ; Humans ; Lymph Node Excision/methods* ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Propensity Score ; Prospective Studies ; Prostatectomy/methods* ; Prostatic Neoplasms/surgery* ; Risk Assessment ; Risk Factors ; Robotics*
Keywords
robotics ; prostatic neoplasm ; prostatectomy ; lymph nodeexcision
Abstract
WHAT'S KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT? AND WHAT DOES THE STUDY ADD?: Although lymph node dissection (LND) is known as the most accurate method of nodal staging, the therapeutic role of LND remains undetermined. This is mainly because of the lack of randomized prospective studies and the fact that retrospective analyses often result in bias and misinterpretation. To overcome the limitation of retrospective analysis, we matched preoperative variables using propensity scores and compared the outcomes between patients treated with robot-assisted eLND and sLND. In the matched cohort, robot-asssited eLND achieved an increased detection rate of lymph node metastases; however, the therapeutic benefit was not statistically significant between the two groups on short-term follow-up.
OBJECTIVE:
To compare the pathological and biochemical outcomes between extended lymph node dissection (eLND) and standard lymph node dissection (sLND) in patients undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy for intermediate- or high-risk prostate cancer.
PATIENTS AND METHODS:
A total of 905 patients underwent robot-assisted radical prostatectomy and lymph node dissection (LND) by a single surgeon between June 2006 and January 2011. Of these, 170 patients who underwent robot-assisted eLND and 294 patients who underwent robot-assisted sLND for intermediate- or high-risk prostate cancer were included in the study. Propensity-score matching was performed using the preoperative variables which included age, body mass index, prostate-specific antigen, clinical stage, biopsy Gleason score 1 and 2, total number of biopsied cores, number of positive cores and prostate volumes. Pathological and biochemical outcomes were assessed according to the extent of LND.
RESULTS:
The median (range) follow-up period was 36 (12-77) months and the median number of lymph nodes removed was 21 and 12 in the eLND and sLND groups, respectively. Propensity-score matching resulted in 141 patients in each group. Although patients who underwent eLND had a higher clinical stage, biopsy Gleason score and number of positive cores than those treated with sLND in the entire cohort, there were no preoperative between-group differences in the matched cohort. In the matched cohort, lymph node metastases were detected at a significantly higher rate in the eLND than in the sLND group (12.1 vs. 5.0%, P = 0.033). In the matched cohort, the 3-year biochemical recurrence-free survival rates were 77.8 and 73.5% in the eLND and sLND groups, respectively, which was not significant (hazard ratio 0.85, P = 0.497).
CONCLUSION:
Robot-assisted eLND achieved an increased lymph node yield and higher detection rate of lymph node metastases; however, robotic eLND did not alter biochemical outcomes in a short-term follow-up.
Full Text
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11765.x/abstract
DOI
10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11765.x
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Urology (비뇨의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Yonsei Biomedical Research Center (연세의생명연구원) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Kwang Hyun(김광현)
Kim, Ha Yan(김하얀)
Rha, Koon Ho(나군호) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8588-7584
Shin, Tae Young(신태영)
Lee, Joo Yong(이주용) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3470-1767
Lim, Sey Kiat(임세이캣)
Chung, Byung Ha(정병하) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9817-3660
Choi, Young Deuk(최영득) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8545-5797
Hong, Sung Joon(홍성준) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9869-065X
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/88209
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