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Table 3.

Studies Demonstrating That Extended Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection Detects a Greater Proportion of Patients With Lymph Node Metastases When Compared With Limited Lymphadenectomy

	Extent of	No. of Nodes	Total No. of Patients
Author	Dissection	Retrieved	(% with Positive Nodes)
Stone NN et al³³	Extended	18	39 (23)
	Limited	9	150 (7)
Heidenreich A et al¹⁵	Extended	28	100 (26)
	Limited	11	103 (12)
Allaf ME et al¹⁴	Extended	12	2135 (3)
	Limited	9	1865 (1)