Standardized and Simplified Extended Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection During Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy: The Monoblock Technique

Objective To describe a simplified technique of extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND) for prostate cancer treated by robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). Materials and Methods The technique uses a standardized 10-step procedure to obtain a single tissue monoblock from each side that contains all lymph nodes within the ePLND template. We performed a prospective study of all patients with prostate cancer (n = 134) with a...