Quality assurance parameters and predictors of outcome for ilioinguinal and inguinal dissection in a contemporary melanoma patient population

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2521-2528

  Spillane, Andrew J ^a,b,c,d,e   Haydu, Lauren ^a,b   McMillan, William ^b   Stretch, Jonathan R ^a,b,c,d   Thompson, John F ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MELANOMA INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Mater Hospital   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUALITY CONTROL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROIN; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 80052757930     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-011-1755-7     Document Type: Article

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