Minimizing morbidity while preserving outcome after inguinal lymphadenectomy: Navigating between scylla and charybdis

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 909-911

  Sondak, Vernon K ^a,b   Sarnaik, Amod A ^a,b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 79955800607     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-011-1549-y     Document Type: Review

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