Melanoma of thumb: Retrospective study for amputation levels, surgical margin and reconstruction

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-31

  Furukawa, Hiroshi ^a   Tsutsumida, Arata ^a   Yamamoto, Yuhei ^a   Sasaki, Satoru ^a   Sekido, Mitsuru ^a   Fujimori, Hideyuki ^a   Sugihara, Tsuneki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amputation level; Cutaneous excision margin; Melanoma of thumb; Reconstructive algorithm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JAPAN; MALE; MELANOMA; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; THUMB AMPUTATION; THUMB RECONSTRUCTION; TOE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THUMB; TOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751078612     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.01.037     Document Type: Article

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