Advanced vulvar carcinoma: Is it worth operating? A perioperative management protocol for radical and reconstructive surgery

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 467-472

  Fanfani, Francesco ^a   Garganese, Giorgia ^a   Fagotti, Anna ^a   Lorusso, Domenica ^a   Gagliardi, Maria Lucia ^a   Rossi, Marco ^a   Salgarello, Marzia ^b   Scambia, Giovanni ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complication; Reconstructive; Surgery; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVECTOMY;

AGED; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750153917     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2006.03.022     Document Type: Article

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