Complications of retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in testicular cancer: Primary and post-chemotherapy

Seminars in Surgical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 263-267

  Baniel, Jack ^a,b   Sella, Avishay ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bleomycin; Combined antineoplastic agents; Combined modality therapy; General anesthesia; Intestinal obstruction; Lymph node excision; Lymphocele diagnosis; Male infertility; Oxygen inhalation therapy; Postoperative complications; Retroperitoneal space; Testicular neoplasms; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN;

ATELECTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHYLOUS ASCITES; HUMAN; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TESTIS CANCER; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032763863     PISSN: 87560437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2388(199912)17:4<263::AID-SSU7>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Review

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