AROI-ESTRO GYN Teaching Course

Int J Gynecol Cancer 2016;26: 169-75

• Incidence of skip metastases above the level of the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA)? • Extraperitoneal PA retroperitoneal lymph node dissection • All nodes were removed from both common iliac bifurcations up to the left renal vein • Nodes resected from both common iliac bifurcation up to the origin of the IMA, called the inframesenteric group, and those from the IMA up to the left renal vein, called the supramesenteric group, were extracted separately in endoscopic bags • Pathological examination of the supramesenteric and inframesenteric nodes separately • Record of postoperative complications