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).