[How invasive is the pelvic total lymphadenectomy in prostatic cancer?]

It is referred to the importance of the pelvic lymphadenectomy for the estimation of the N-determination of the carcinoma of the prostate gland. The demonstration of intraoperative and immediately postoperative complication as well as the valuation of late complications and sequelae was for the first time performed on a larger series of patients. The avoidance of complication is shown and an outlook for further examinations is given.