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Popliteal lymphadenectomy on sentinel lymph node melanoma metastasis
Antonio Barrasa Shaw1, Francisca Sancho Merle, Carlos Fuster Diana
1Servicio de Cirugía, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain. antoniobarrasa@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Popliteal lymph node dissection is a procedure that surgeons rarely perform and, therefore, scarcely represented in bibliography. In this paper we present the case of a patient with melanoma metastasis to popliteal sentinel lymph nodes showing the surgical procedure and discussing some epidemiological and technical issues.
