6. Role of Surgery
• 1.Radical High Inguinal Orchidectomy
- PRIMARY TREATMENT of testicular malignancy
- STAGING
- PROGNOSTICATION
- MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL based on surgery.
7.
8. PRINCIPLES OF ORCHIDECTOMY
– Early ligation of cord at
deep ring level
– Stump should be pushed
into retro peritoneum
( future removal with
RPLND)
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10. 2. Hemi Scrotectomy
with Radical orchidectomy
• In patients who have undergone trans scrotal
procedures.
• Risk of Inguinal and pelvic lymphatic spread.
11. Chemotherapy should never be
started without doing Radical High
Inguinal orchidectomy & Post
orchidectomy tumour markers.
12. 3.RPLND
• In Pure Seminoma , RPLND has NO ROLE
except for ,
- Post chemo residual mass (>3 cm) with
normal tumour markers and PET positive cases.
13. RPLND
• In Non Seminomatous GCT, role can be
- Prophylactic RPLND
- Therapeutic RPLND
- Post chemo RPLND
- Desperate RPLND
16. Post Chemo - RPLND
-Post Chemo - RPLND is indicated in the setting of normalized
tumor markers with radiographic evidence of a residual
retroperitoneal mass (≥ 1 cm) after induction chemotherapy
• Done at 6 weeks following chemotherapy.
17. HISTOLOGY in retroperitoneal
specimen
after induction chemotherapy
• Necrosis/fibrosis – 45%
• Teratoma-40%
• Viable GCT-15%
AFTER SECOND LINE
CHEMOTHERAPY
• Viable GCT- 50%
• Teratoma - 40%
• Necrosis / Fibrosis -10%
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19. Role of Chemo after Post Chemo -
RPLND
• Two additional cycles of chemotherapy following complete resection of
viable GCT (> 10% of the specimen)after first chemotherapy remains a
common standard of care with a cure rate of 70%
• When necrosis or teratoma is present, no additional chemotherapy is
required
20. Why is it important to remove
teratoma?
• Teratoma though benign is biologically
unpredictable
• Left un-resected, possesses the potential to
invade adjacent organs (growing teratoma
syndrome)
• Undergo malignant transformation
• Increases the risk of late relapse
21. GROWING TERATOMA SYNDROME
• Tumor growth with declining tumor markers
occurring during chemotherapy
• Needs early surgical intervention and
completion of chemotherapy after surgery
23. ANATOMY
1. Lymphatics of the testis drain into the
retroperitoneal lymphnode chain extending
from T11 to L5,concentrated in the renal hilum
2. Common embryologic origin with kidney
3. Surgical mapping studies by Donohue et al
divides the retro-peritoneum into specific
anatomic regions
24. • The sympathetic fibers that mediate
seminal emission originate primarily
from the T12 to L3 thoraco lumbar
spinal cord.
• After leaving the sympathetic trunk,
the fibers converge towards the
midline and form the hypogastric
plexus near the takeoff of the inferior
mesenteric artery (IMA) just above
the aortic bifurcation.
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26. TYPES OF RPLND
EXTENT OF DISSECTION
Bilateral supra hilar/extended template
Bilateral infra hilar / Standard template
Nerve Sparing
Unilateral modified template
Nerve dissecting bilateral template
27. Suprahilar
• Supra-hilar metastasis
rare in low stage NSGCT
• Reserved for residual
hilar or suprahilar
masses following
chemotherapy
• Higher complication
rates
• Chylous ascites
32. Role of surgery
• EXTRA GONADAL Germ cell tumour :
Sacro coccyxeal region, mediastinum
• NON GERM CELL TUMOUR :
Surgery is the main modality of treatment
33. CONCLUSION
• Role of Surgery :
• High Inguinal Orchidectomy is the primary
treatment.
• Other surgical options include :
Hemi scrotectomy.
RPLND
Metastectomy/Wide local excision.