Lymph node dissection in malignant melanoma | Zendy

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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%.

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