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Surgical Concepts and Considerations of Inguinal Lymph Node Dissection for Penile Cancer

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The pattern of metastasis for penile cancer occurs in a predictable fashion, first spreading to the inguinal lymph nodes (ILN) and then to the pelvic nodes. Paramount to proper patient management is early identification and treatment of metastases, especially in the patient that presents with palpable disease. A proper metastatic workup will assist in determining the best way to move forward with either an ILN dissection or a multimodality approach to provide the most favorable outcomes. Several advances have been made in the surgical techniques that have helped minimize the morbidity associated with an ILN dissection.

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Ercole, C.E., Spiess, P.E. (2013). Surgical Concepts and Considerations of Inguinal Lymph Node Dissection for Penile Cancer. In: Spiess, P. (eds) Penile Cancer. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-367-1_6

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