| retroperitoneal lymph node dissection | term type: main entry term part of speech: noun number: singular reliability code: 10 definition: surgical procedure performed deep in the abdomen removing the lymph nodes that filter lymph from the testes. This may be performed in the staging of testicular cancer to determine the exent of disease. It may also help control spread of nonseminoma testicular cancer, since nonseminoma spreads first to the retroperitoneal lymph nodes. (en) |
| RPLND | definition: see retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. (en) term type: acronym number: singular part of speech: noun reliability code: 10 |
| disección de ganglio linfático retroperitoneal | term type: main entry term part of speech: noun gender: feminine number: singular reliability code: 10 definition: procedimiento diagnóstico que consiste en la extirpación de los ganglios linfáticos que filtran la linfa de los testículos. Es una técnica para controlar la extensión del cáncer de testículo no seminoma. También se emplea en la clasificación del cáncer de testículo para determinar su alcance. (es) |
| RPLND | definition: ver diseccción de ganglio linfático retroperitoneal. (es) term type: acronym part of speech: noun number: singular reliability code: 10 cross-reference: definition: RETROPERITONEAL-LYMPH-NODE-DISSECTION |