Rapid groin recurrence of a vulvar carcinoma with invasion of the femoral vessels and the importance of the initial groin dissection in the staging surgery

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 418-419

  Buxant, F ^a,b   Anaf, V ^a   Haouari, H ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Vulvar carcinoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644473639     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2005.11679751     Document Type: Article

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