Invasive vulvar carcinoma and the question of the surgical margin

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 120-123

  Palaia, Innocenza ^a   Bellati, Filippo ^a   Calcagno, Marco ^a   Musella, Angela ^a   Perniola, Giorgia ^a   Panici, Pierluigi B ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Invasive vulvar carcinoma; Resection margin; Vulvar surgery

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEMIVULVECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INVASIVE VULVA CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVECTOMY;

EID: 79960191168     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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