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Laparoscopic Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection

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Lateral pelvic lymph node dissection should be in the armamentarium of colorectal surgeons in tertiary referral centers. A minimally invasive approach to this complex procedure requires more advanced knowledge of pelvic anatomy particularly outside of what is needed for total mesorectal excision. Standardization of this procedure may facilitate the dissection technique and provide optimal oncological outcomes.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Colorectal Division, Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

    Tsuyoshi Konishi

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

    Joseph Kim

  2. Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Julio Garcia-Aguilar

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Step-by-step procedures of lateral pelvic lymph node dissection are shown. This case had a metastatic lateral pelvic lymph node involving the inferior vesical vessels on the left side. Nerve-preserving lateral pelvic lymph node dissection with en bloc resection of vesical vessels was performed (MP4 452575 kb)

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Konishi, T. (2020). Laparoscopic Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection. In: Kim, J., Garcia-Aguilar, J. (eds) Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques for Cancers of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18740-8_30

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