Radical vulvectomy with warm-knife and open-wound techniques in vulvar malignancies.
Radical vulvectomy using warm-knife and open-wound techniques was performed as the first step in a two-phase surgical approach in 274 patients with malignant vulvar tumors. Crude 5-year survival was registered in 133/223 (60%) patients. The complication rate was low and the hospitalization period was short (mean 16 days).
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004598:Electrosurgery / Q000379:methods; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011300:Preoperative Care; D014844:Vulva / Q000601:surgery*; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*