BACKGROUND: Aim of the study was to assess the short-term and long-term morbidity after
inguinal sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) with or without completion groin dissection …

AIM: In this study, the short-term and long-term morbidity was assesed after axillary sentinel
lymph node biopsy (SLNB) with or without completion axillary lymph node dissection …

BACKGROUND: With the introduction of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy for melanoma,
inguinal lymph node dissections (ILND) are more commonly performed for microscopic …

Objective: To assess the nature and rates of complications and recurrences after completion
lymph node dissection (CLND) following positive sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in …

For patients with melanoma metastasis to a sentinel lymph node, subsequent complete
regional lymph node dissection (CLND) is currently regarded to be the surgical standard …

Background Sentinel lymph node biopsy has become routine in the staging of patients with
cutaneous melanoma and is presumed to have fewer complications than elective regional …

Purpose The complications reported after sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for melanoma
is highly variable in the worldwide literature; the overall complication rate varies between …

Background This study assessed and compared the morbidity of nodal dissection in the
axilla and groin including sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), completion lymph node …

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Malignant melanoma is one of the most rapidly increasing c
ncer types globally, and it is by far the most serious skin cancer. Patients with a melanoma≥ …

Background The extent of a completion groin dissection in sentinel node–positive
melanoma patients was guided by the location of the second-echelon nodes on the …