Pathologically confirmed port site metastasis after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: case report and literature review

Urology. 2007 Dec;70(6):1222.e9-11. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.09.004.

Abstract

Laparoscopic port site metastases remain exceedingly rare for urologic tumors, despite the increasingly widespread use of laparoscopic techniques in the management of urologic malignancy. We report a case of port site metastases after transperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy / adverse effects*
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Seeding*
  • Prostatectomy*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / surgery