Sentinel node biopsy site used as full thickness skin graft donor for cutaneous melanoma

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 176-178

  Dresel, Alexandra ^a   Kuhn, Joseph A ^a   McCarty, Todd M ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Sentinel lymph node; Skin graft

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; FOLLOW UP; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; WOUND; WOUND CLOSURE;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036346107     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(02)00917-0     Document Type: Article

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