Pelvic lymphadenectomy for carcinoma of prostate

Pelvic lymphadenectomy was performed in 187 patients as a staging procedure for carcinoma of the prostate. Clinical impression of lymph nodes during dissection appears to be inaccurate in a large number of patients. We therefore believe that if radical surgery is planned for clinically localized tumor, the histologic status of the removed nodes should be confirmed before surgical extirpation of the tumor.