Incidence of LE due to treating cutaneous melanoma

Journal of Lymphoedema

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-34

  Campanholi, Larissa Louise ^a   Duprat, João Pedreira ^a   Fregnani, José Humberto Tavares Guerreiro ^b  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^b Barretos Cancer Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lymphadenectomy; Lymphoedema; Melanoma; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM SWELLING; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPHADENECTOMY; BRAZIL; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIOINGUINAL LYMPHADENECTOMY; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL LYMPHADENECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG SWELLING; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PARESTHESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 84872349066     PISSN: 17507235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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