Complications and adverse events in lymphadenectomy of the inguinal area: worldwide expert consensus.

Background: Inguinal lymph node dissection plays an important role in the management of melanoma, penile and vulval cancer. Inguinal lymph node dissection is associated with various intraoperative and postoperative complications with significant heterogeneity in classification and reporting. This lack of standardization challenges efforts to study and report inguinal lymph node dissection outcomes.

The many faces of intraperitoneal chemotherapy.

Cytoreductive surgery and intraperitoneal chemotherapy may offer chance for cure for patients with peritoneal metastasis. Many variations emerged, causing uncertainty when choosing the most suitable variant. By reviewing variability encountered in the management of peritoneal metastasis, we aim to raise awareness about this issue and hopefully initiate efforts to solve it.

Challenging the Contraindications of Minimally Invasive Inguinal Lymph Node Dissection: Report of 2 Cases.

Background: Endoscopic inguinal dissection is an emerging procedure utilizing minimally invasive technology to perform inguinal dissections aiming to avoid skin complications. Despite numerous reports there seems to be no consensus on inclusion and exclusion criteria, raising the question of when and when not to choose the minimally invasive technique. We compare the inclusion and exclusion criteria in published literature, and present our experience with 2 challenging cases; 1 with skin infiltration and the other with a previous lymphadenectomy scar.

Minimally invasive inguinal lymph node dissection: initial experience and reproducibility in a limited resource setting-with technique video.

Background: Conventional inguinal lymph node dissection comes with a high wound complication rate which increases hospital stay and may delay adjuvant treatment. Minimally invasive lymph node dissection (MILND) is a novel endoscopic technique which aims to minimize complications of lymphadenectomy. Herein we present our technique and experience with MILND to examine safety, feasibility and reproducibility in a setting of limited resources.