Aetiology and prevalence of lower limb lymphoedema following treatment for gynaecological cancer

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 148-151

  Ryan, Mary ^a,b   Stainton, M Colleen ^a,b   Slaytor, Emma K ^a,b   Jaconelli, Carmel ^a,b   Watts, Sally ^a,b   Mackenzie, Patricia ^a,b  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gynaecology oncology nursing; Lower limb lymphoedema; Vulvectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEG EDEMA; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; VULVA CANCER; VULVECTOMY;

FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LEG; LYMPHEDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037854644     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0004-8666.2003.00040.x     Document Type: Article

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