Reliability and cost-effectiveness of complete lymph node dissection under tumescent local anaesthesia vs. general anaesthesia: A retrospective analysis in patients with malignant melanoma AJCC stage III

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 200-206

  Stoffels, I ^a   Dissemond, J ^a   Schulz, A ^a   Hillen, U ^a   Schadendorf, D ^a   Klode, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CANCER STAGING; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL REGION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROMA; TUMESCENT LOCAL ANESTHESIA; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856357696     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04036.x     Document Type: Article

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