Lymph Node Dissection in Testicular Cancer: Indications and Techniques

• DOI: 10.4103/ucci.ucci_1_25
• Publication Date: 2025-03-12T13:00:35Z
• Authors: Stephanie D’Costa; Pinky Kotecha; Prabhakar Rajan

Summary This chapter gives a comprehensive overview on the current landscape of retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) in testicular cancers: seminoma, nonseminomatous germ cell tumors, and rarer sex cord stromal tumors. The indications for RPLND primary salvage settings, open minimally invasive approaches (laparoscopic robotic) approaches, nerve-sparing techniques, complications, recommended follow-up are discussed. 1. Indications RPLND. 2. Boundaries dissection. 3. Approaches RPLND-open robotic. 4. Minimizing toxicity – templates nerve sparing. 5. complications: Intraoperative postoperative. 6. How long should we patients post-RPLND?