Do bony pelvis parameters affect perioperative outcomes in open radical prostatectomy?

Association between pelvic lymph node dissection and survival among patients with prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy

“…Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common solid malignancy in men and the fifth leading cause of cancer death globally; it comprises 1.6 million cases and accounts for over 300,000 deaths annually. 1 , 2 , 3 Pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND), commonly performed simultaneously during radical prostatectomy (RP), is considered the gold standard for PCa nodal staging. 4 While PLND was historically viewed as imperative due to the incidence of nodal involvement exceeding 20%, the advent of modern screening approaches including PSA has drastically diminished the proportion of patients who present with nodal metastases.…”