Vulvovaginal reconstruction for neoplastic disease

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 559-568

  Höckel, Michael ^a   Dornhöfer, Nadja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DONOR SELECTION; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SKIN FLAP; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE INJURY; TREND STUDY; VAGINA CANCER; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VASCULARIZATION; VULVA CANCER;

BODY IMAGE; COST OF ILLNESS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICALLY-CREATED STRUCTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA; VULVA;

EID: 44249091370     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70147-5     Document Type: Review

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