Outcomes following radical inguinal lymphadenectomy for penile cancer using a fascial-sparing surgical technique

Purpose To describe our surgical technique and report the oncological outcomes and complication rates using a fascial-sparing radical inguinal lymphadenectomy (RILND) technique for penile cancer patients with cN+ disease in the inguinal lymph nodes. Methods Over a 10-year period, 660 fascial-sparing...

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Veröffentlicht in:World journal of urology 2023-06, Vol.41 (6), p.1581-1588
Hauptverfasser: Schifano, Nicolò, Fallara, Giuseppe, Rezvani, Sean, Pozzi, Edoardo, Churchill, James, Castiglione, Fabio, Rewhorn, Matthew, Hadway, Paul, Nigam, Raj, Rees, Rowland, Sangar, Vijay, Lau, Maurice, Parnham, Arie, Alnajjar, Hussain, Muneer, Asif
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Zusammenfassung:Purpose To describe our surgical technique and report the oncological outcomes and complication rates using a fascial-sparing radical inguinal lymphadenectomy (RILND) technique for penile cancer patients with cN+ disease in the inguinal lymph nodes. Methods Over a 10-year period, 660 fascial-sparing RILND procedures were performed in 421 patients across two specialist penile cancer centres. The technique used a subinguinal incision with an ellipse of skin excised over any palpable nodes. Identification and preservation of the Scarpa’s and Camper’s fascia was the first step. All superficial inguinal nodes were removed en bloc under this fascial layer with preservation of the subcutaneous veins and fascia lata. The saphenous vein was spared where possible. Patient characteristics, oncologic outcomes and perioperative morbidity were retrospectively collected and analysed. Kaplan–Meier curves estimated the cancer-specific survival (CSS) functions after the procedure. Results Median (interquartile range, IQR) follow-up was 28 (14–90) months. A median (IQR) number of 8.0 (6.5–10.5) nodes were removed per groin. A total of 153 postoperative complications (36.1%) occurred, including 50 conservatively managed wound infections (11.9%), 21 cases of deep wound dehiscence (5.0%), 104 cases of lymphoedema (24.7%), 3 cases of deep vein thrombosis (0.7%), 1 case of pulmonary embolism (0.2%), and 1 case of postoperative sepsis (0.2%). The 3-year CSS was 86% (95%Confidence Interval [95% CI] 77–96), 83% (95% CI 72–92), 58% (95% CI 51–66), respectively, for the pN1, pN2 and pN3 patients ( p  
ISSN:1433-8726
0724-4983
1433-8726
DOI:10.1007/s00345-023-04396-x