Popliteal lymphadenectomy on sentinel lymph node melanoma metastasis.

Clin Transl Oncol

Servicio de Cirugía, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain.

Published: March 2006

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.

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