Urology
Volume 70, Issue 6 , Pages 1222.e9-1222.e11, December 2007

Pathologically Confirmed Port Site Metastasis After Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: Case Report and Literature Review

  • Stephen J. Savage

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Stephen J. Savage, M.D., Department of Urology, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Street, P.O. Box 250620, Charleston, SC 29425.
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  • M. Scott Wingo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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  • H. Brooks Hooper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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  • M. Timothy Smith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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  • Thomas E. Keane

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

Received 6 April 2007; accepted 12 September 2007.

Laparoscopic port site metastases remain exceedingly rare for urologic tumors, despite the increasingly widespread use of laparoscopic techniques in the management of urologic malignancy. We report a case of port site metastases after transperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.

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PII: S0090-4295(07)02129-2

doi:10.1016/j.urology.2007.09.004

Urology
Volume 70, Issue 6 , Pages 1222.e9-1222.e11, December 2007

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