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Lymph node dissection in malignant melanoma
Author(s) -
Karakousis C. P.,
Stahl L.,
Moore R.,
Holyoke E. D.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930130310
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , incidence (geometry) , dissection (medical) , lymph node , necrosis , surgery , inguinal lymph nodes , pathology , cancer research , physics , optics
Regional node dissection was performed in 120 patients with malignant melanoma. Patients with clinically negative nodes had a 90% survival, where‐as patients with enlarged nodes had a 15% survival. In 45 inguinal dissections, usually associated with a high morbidity, there was only a 4.5% incidence of infection and a 6.5% incidence of skin edge necrosis. For all types of node dissection, the overall incidence of wound infection was 5.8%, and that of necrosis of skin edges was 5%.