Gamma probe guided sentinel lymphadenectomy in malignant melanoma;Sentinel-lymphadenektomie beim malignen melanom

Chirurg

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 701-707

  Buchels H K ^a,b   Bachter, D ^a   Vogt, H ^a  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b Klin F Allgemein V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elective lymph node dissection; Gamma probe; Lymphatic mapping; Malignant melanoma; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MELANOMA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032128842     PISSN: 00094722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001040050478     Document Type: Article

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