Risk factors for short-and long-term complications after groin surgery in vulvar cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1279-1287

  Hinten, F ^a   Van Den Einden, L C G ^a   Hendriks, J C M ^a   Van Der Zee, A G J ^b   Bulten, J ^a   Massuger, L F A G ^a   Van De Nieuwenhof, H P ^a   De Hullu, J A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

morbidity; postoperative complications; surgery; vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOCELE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; VULVA CANCER; VULVAR SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GROIN; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80054987692     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.407     Document Type: Article

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