Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection as Primary Treatment for Metastatic Seminoma

Table 1

Series of RPLND as primary treatment for seminoma.

Study	n	Stage	Type of RPLND	Discordant staging	Recurrence rate	Follow-up
Warszawski et al. [8]	63	I (n = 45); IIA (n = 7); IIB (n = 6); IIC (n = 5)	Open	24%; 17.5% upstaged; 6.3% downstaged	14%; Stage I: 7%; Stage IIA: 0%; Stage IIB: 67%; Stage IIC: 40%	79 mo
Mezvrishvili et al. [10]	14	I (n = 10); IIA (n = 4)	Open, nerve sparing	21% (all upstaged)	0%	56 mo
Hu et al. [11]	4	IIA (n = 3); IIC (n = 1)	Open, midline extraperitoneal, nerve sparing	50%; 25% upstaged; 25% downstaged	0%	25 mo
Lusch et al. [13]	11	IIA and IIB	Open and robotic, nerve sparing	Not described	36%	18 mo

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