Radical excision of vulval disease and multidisciplinary tissue flap reconstruction: The Belfast experience

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 323-327

  McComiskey, Mark H ^a   Robinson, Andrew ^a   Hoo, Chris ^a   Khan, Khalid ^a   Price, John H ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Flap; Plastics; Reconstruction; Vulval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NECROSIS; TISSUE FLAP; VULVA CANCER; VULVA TUMOR; VULVECTOMY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84858229086     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e318232c4be     Document Type: Article

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