Complications of radical vulvectomy and inguinal lymphadenectomy for the treatment of carcinoma of the vulva
✍ Scribed by Ali Ayhan; Z. Selçuk Tuncer; Rahime Akarin; Işin Yücel; Osman Develioǧlu; Ramazan Mercan; Hulusi Zeyneloǧlu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 250 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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✦ Synopsis
Forty-two patients with invasive carcinoma of the vulva, subjected to radical vulvectomy and inguinal lymphadenectomy , were evaluated retrospectively. The mean age of patients was 61.6 years. Fifteen patients (35.7%) had complicating medical diseases. the histopathological diagnoses were squamous carcinoma (n = 39), undifferentiated carcinoma (n = l ) , and malignant melanoma (n = 2). The postoperative morbidity and mortality rates were found to be 73.8% and 1 1.6%, respectively.
📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
T h e conventional treatment for squamous carcinoma of the vulva with negative nodes (No) is radical vulvectomy and bilateral node dissections. Approximately 20-3096 of No p-atients will have involved nodes in the surgical specimen. The morbidity/mortality added by the node dissections may be consi