Surgical management of metastatic inguinal lymphadenopathy: The term deep inguinal nodes should be abandoned

BMJ

Volumn 330, Issue 7490, 2005, Pages 538-539

  Gibson, Simon C ^a   Kettlewell, Stephen ^a   Byrne, Dominique S ^a   Mckay, Alan J ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; ISCHEMIA; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHEDEMA; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SARTORIUS MUSCLE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN INCISION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA;

EID: 20044386677     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.538-b     Document Type: Letter

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