Significats de extended pelvic en anglès

Objective: To determine the frequency of lymph node involvement in patients with clinically localised prostate adenocarcinoma who had radical prostatectomy and extended pelvic lymphadenectomy.

All participants underwent radical prostatectomy plus extended pelvic lymphadenectomy in 3 reference centres in Bogota, Colombia, between 2013 and 2014.

The 5-year recurrence-free survival of patients with lymph node positive disease was 7% for limited and 35% for extended pelvic lymph node dissection.

Results: The overall lymph node positive rate was 13% for patients with limited and 26% for those who had extended pelvic lymph node dissection.

Extended pelvic lymphadenectomy increased the probability of detecting lymph node metastases in our community.

Extended pelvic lymph node dissection allows for more accurate staging and improved survival of patients with nonorgan confined and lymph node positive disease.