Therapeutic groin dissection for melanoma: Risk factors for short term morbidity

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 877-883

  Poos, H P A M ^a   Kruijff, S ^a   Bastiaannet, E ^b   van Ginkel, R J ^a   Hoekstra, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Integraal Kankercentrum Noord Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complications; Groin; Lymph node; Melanoma; Sentinel node; Technique

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED; BLADDER DISEASE; BODY MASS; BOHLER BRAUN SPLINT; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HIP; HIP FLEXION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; KNEE FUNCTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROMA; SPLINT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649249948     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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