Should advanced age alone be considered a contraindication to systemic lymphadenectomy in gynecologic oncologic patients? A university hospital experience in Turkey

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 508-514

  Gol, Mert ^a   Saygili, U ^a   Saatli, B ^a   Uslu, T ^a   Erten, O ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Age 65 years or older; Lymphadenectomy; Morbidity; Mortality; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 2942598067     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1048-891x.2004.014312.x     Document Type: Article

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