Preventing lymphedema and morbidity with an omentum flap after ilioinguinal lymph node dissection

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 793-799

  Benoit, Laurent ^a,b   Boichot, Christophe ^b   Cheynel, Nicolas ^a   Arnould, Laurent ^b   Chauffert, Bruno ^b   Cuisenier, Jean ^b   Fraisse, Jean ^b  

^a HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^b CENTRE GEORGES FRANÇOIS LECLERC   (France)

Author keywords

Complications.; Lymphedema; Omentoplasty; Prevention; Radical inguinal lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLUID TRANSPORT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LEG; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOCELE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHORRHEA; MALE; MORBIDITY; OMENTOPLASTY; PATIENT; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROPHYLAXIS; SAFETY; SKIN NECROSIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; OMENTUM; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 25144441163     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2005.09.022     Document Type: Article

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