Can clitoris-conserving surgery for early vulvar cancer improve the outcome in terms of quality of life and sexual sensation?

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 150-153

  Forner, Dirk Michael ^a   Dakhil, Reija ^b   Lampe, Bjorn ^b  

^a SANA KLINIKUM OFFENBACH   (Germany)

^b Kaiserswerther Diakonie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clitoris conserving surgery; Quality of life; Sexual sensation; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLITORIS CONSERVING SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION TYPE I; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSATION; SEROMA; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUAL SENSATION; SHORT FORM 12; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VULVA CARCINOMA; WOUND INFECTION;

CLITORIS-CONSERVING SURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL SENSATION; VULVAR CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLITORIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VULVA; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84887078841     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2013.08.028     Document Type: Article

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