Lower extremity salvage after radical resection of malignant tumors in the groin and lower abdominal wall

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 260-267

  Reece, Gregory P ^a,b   Gillis, Theresa A ^a   Pollock, Raphael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LIMB SALVAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; METASTASIS; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; SEROMA;

EID: 0030866878     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(97)00044-6     Document Type: Article

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