The objective of this systematic review is to evaluate the current evidence regarding atypical metastases in patients undergoing robotic-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC). A review of the current literature was conducted through the Medline and NCBI PubMed, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) and Google Scholar databases in October 2019.
From the literature search using the cited keys and after a careful evaluation of the full texts, we included 31 articles in the study. Fourteen studies (45.2%) reported at least an atypical recurrence during the follow-up period with a rate between 4 and 40% of all the recurrences. Overall, 105 (1.63%) of the 6720 patients who have been evaluated in the included studies developed an atypical recurrence. Sixty-three (60%) of these atypical metastases were peritoneal carcinomatosis, 16 (15.2%) extrapelvic lymph nodes metastases, 11 (10.5%) port-site metastases, 10 (9.5%) retroperitoneal nodal metastases, while 5 (3.8%) patients developed more than one type of atypical recurrence. In literature, there is a low but not negligible incidence of atypical recurrences after RARC. However, publication bias and retrospective design of most studies could influence the evidences. Further prospective randomized studies are needed to clarify the real risk of patients undergoing RARC to develop atypical metastases.
Journal of robotic surgery. 2020 Mar 09 [Epub ahead of print]
Guglielmo Mantica, Salvatore Smelzo, Francesca Ambrosini, Stefano Tappero, Stefano Parodi, Andrea Pacchetti, Davide De Marchi, Franco Gaboardi, Nazareno Suardi, Carlo Terrone
Department of Urology, Policlinico San Martino Hospital, University of Genoa, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16130, Genoa, Italy. ., Department of Urology, San Raffaele Turro Hospital, San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy., Department of Urology, Policlinico San Martino Hospital, University of Genoa, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16130, Genoa, Italy.
PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32152900