title: Complications of radical vulvectomy and inguinal lymphadenectomy for the treatment of carcinoma of the vulva.
abstract: 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 = 1), and malignant melanoma (n = 2). The postoperative morbidity and mortality rates were found to be 73.8% and 11.6%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ayhan
authors.forename: Z S
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Tuncer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Akarin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yücel
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Develioğlu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mercan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zeyneloğlu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006119:Groin; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D008545:Melanoma / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*