A randomized phase III trial of VH fibrin sealant to reduce lymphedema after inguinal lymph node dissection: A Gynecologic Oncology Group study

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-82

  Carlson, Jay W ^a   Kauderer, James ^b   Walker, Joan L ^c   Gold, Michael A ^c   O'Malley, David ^d   Tuller, Erin ^e   Clarke Pearson, Daniel L ^f  

^a Gynecologic Oncology of West Michigan   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrin sealant; inguinal lymphadenectomy; Lymphedema; Radical vulvectomy; Tisseel; VH fibrin sealant; Vulvar cancer; Vulvar complications; Wound complications

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SUTURE; VULVA CANCER; VULVECTOMY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL RATE; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 45549102443     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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