ABSTRACT
Forty-two patients with invasive carcinoma of the vulva, subjected to radical vulvectomy and inguinal lymphadenectomy, were evaluated retrospectively. The mean age of patients was 61.6 years. Fifteen patients (35.7%) had complicating medical diseases, the histopathological diagnoses were squamous carcinoma (n = 39), undifferentiated carcinoma (n = 1), and malignant melanoma (n = 2). The postoperative morbidity and mortality rates were found to be 73.8% and 11.6%, respectively.
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Lymph Node Excision/adverse effects , Postoperative Complications/etiology , Vulvar Neoplasms/surgery , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Carcinoma/surgery , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/surgery , Female , Groin , Humans , Lymph Node Excision/methods , Melanoma/surgery , Middle Aged , Postoperative Complications/prevention & control , Retrospective Studies , Surgical Procedures, Operative/methodsABSTRACT
Twenty-four patients with borderline epithelial ovarian tumours treated in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Hacettepe University during the last 12 years were evaluated with regard to histopathology, therapeutic modalities employed and outcome. No mortality was encountered among the 23 patients with Stage 1 disease, regardless of the surgical mode of treatment or adjuvant therapy. The related literature was reviewed briefly to help enlighten the controversial issue of borderline ovarian tumours.