Wound complications following pre-operative radiotherapy for soft tissue sarcoma

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-79

  Kunisada, T ^a   Ngan, S Y ^a   Powell, G ^a   Choong, Peter F M ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pre operative radiotherapy; Soft tissue sarcoma; Surgery; Wound complication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; SKIN FLAP; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN TOXICITY; SMOKING; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURGICAL WOUND; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WOUND CLOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOTHERAPY; SARCOMA; SKIN; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SARCOMA; SKIN; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036481631     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejso.2001.1213     Document Type: Article

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