Surgical treatment of angiosarcoma of the scalp: Less is more

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-403

  Buschmann, Alexandra ^a   Lehnhardt, Marcus ^b   Toman, Nidal ^a   Preiler, Peter ^c   Salakdeh, M Sedigh ^b   Muehlberger, Thomas ^a,d  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c St Barbara Hospital   (Germany)

^d DRK KLINIKEN BERLIN WESTEND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Prognosis; Resection; Scalp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP TUMOR; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; THERAPY DELAY; TUMOR VOLUME; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SCALP; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 55249117769     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31816b31f8     Document Type: Article

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