title: Therapeutic groin dissection in malignant melanoma.
abstract: In a retrospective review of therapeutic dissections of the groin, 22 patients underwent radical groin dissection and seven were alive at five years, whereas 26 patients underwent a superficial groin dissection and two were alive at five years, p less than 0.05. Involvement of the deep nodes is not always equivalent with systemic disease. A radical groin dissection should be used to eradicate the disease locally. The survival rate for the patients following groin dissection correlated significantly with the disease-free interval prior to occurrence of inguinal lymphadenopathy.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007264:Inguinal Canal / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies