Lymph node dissection in patients with malignant melanoma is associated with high risk of morbidity

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Ul Mulk, Jamshaid ^a   Hölmich, Lisbet Rosenkrantz ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SEROMA; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; WOUND INFECTION; AXILLA; EDEMA; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; DRAINAGE; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SEROMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873276295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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