DETECTION OF EARLY LYMPH NODE METASTASES IN PROSTATE CANCER BY LAPAROSCOPIC RADIOISOTOPE GUIDED SENTINEL LYMPH NODE DISSECTION

SLND is feasible by laparoscopy. It detects micrometastases outside of the obturator fossa in a significant number of patients. We noted that the transperitoneal approach allowing wide exposure and a γ probe with a 90-degree lateral energy window is the most important factor to enable successful laparoscopic SLND.