retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy

retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy
surgical removal of lymph nodes in the retroperitoneal space, usually because of cancer metastasis, such as from carcinomas of the genital organs in men. Called also retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND).

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