Video endoscopic inguinal lymphadenectomy (VEIL): initial case report and comparison with open radical procedure.

Objectives: Inguinal metastases are one of the major determinants of mortality in patients with penile cancer. In high risk patients, while prophylatic inguinal lymphadenectomy may offer survival advantages, it still carries a relatively high morbidity. We describe in this paper the first report of the Video Endoscopic Inguinal Lymphadenectomy (VEIL) in the clinical practice, a technique which aims at reducing the morbidity of the procedure without compromising the cancer control or reducing the template of the dissection.

Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy by extraperitoneal access with duplication of the open technique.

Introduction: The laparoscopic radical prostatectomy is a continually developing technique. Transperitoneal access has been preferred by the majority of centers that employ this technique. Endoscopic extraperitoneal access is used by a few groups, nevertheless it is currently receiving a higher acceptance.

Retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy by videolaparoscopic transperitoneal approach in patients with non-seminomatous testicular tumor.

Objective: The present study aims to report the preliminary experience with videolaparoscopic retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy in the treatment of patients with non-seminomatous testicular tumor.

Materials And Methods: Seven surgeries were performed in order to access retroperitoneal lymph nodes in patients with non-seminomatous testicular cancer. We performed the videolaparoscopic retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy (LRL) technique in 5 patients with stage I disease and laparoscopic resection of residual mass (LRRM), following chemotherapy (ChT), in 2 patients with stage II disease.