Ten-year prospective study in a management change of vulvar carcinoma.
A prospective study involving 71 cases in which operation for vulvar carcinoma was performed during a 10-year period is presented. Primary closure of the vulvar defect with the use of full-thickness transposition flaps reduced hospitalization without jeopardizing survival. This technique tends to increase the radical nature of the operation. Although complications involving groin breakdown were reduced, such complications remain a formidable challenge for newer techniques. The postoperative results have been superior to those of older methods.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001472:Bartholin's Glands; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D014844:Vulva / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*