Lymph node staging in prostatic carcinoma revisited

Figures & data

Figure 1. Lymphatic drainage of the prostate (Adapted from [2]).

Figure 2. Extent of lymph node dissection performed: (1) external iliac, (2) obturator fossa, (3) internal iliac (hypogastric), (4) presacral.

Table I.  Distribution of number of nodes and incidence of positive nodes according to the extent of lymph node dissection in retrospective studies.

	Mean number of nodes		% positive nodes
Reference	Limited	Extended	Limited	Extended
Heidenreich et al. [6]	11	28	12	26
Stone et al. [14]	9	18	7	23

Figure 3. Imaging with PET acetate of local recurrence and lymph node metastases.

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