Popliteal lymphadenectomy on sentinel lymph node melanoma metastasis.

Autor: Barrasa Shaw A; Servicio de Cirugía, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain. antoniobarrasa@hotmail.com, Sancho Merle F, Fuster Diana C, Campos Máñez J, Vázquez Albadalejo C
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico [Clin Transl Oncol] 2006 Mar; Vol. 8 (3), pp. 218-20.
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-006-0014-z
Abstrakt: Popliteal lymph node dissection is a procedure that surgeons rarely perform and, therefore, scarcely represented in bibliography. In this paper we present the case of a patient with melanoma metastasis to popliteal sentinel lymph nodes showing the surgical procedure and discussing some epidemiological and technical issues.
Databáze: MEDLINE