Saphenous vein sparing during inguinal lymphadenectomy to reduce morbidity in patients with vulvar carcinoma

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 140-142

  Dardarian, Thomas S ^a   Gray, Heidi J ^b   Morgan, Mark A ^c   Rubin, Stephen C ^c   Randall, Thomas C ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inguinal lymphadenectomy; Saphenous vein; Vulvar carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EDEMA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PHLEBITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEROMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN LIGATION; VULVA CARCINOMA; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

CELLULITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644517899     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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