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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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Shaw, A.B., Merle, F.S., Diana, C.F. et al. Popliteal lymphadenectomy on sentinel lymph node melanoma metastasis. Clin Transl Oncol 8, 218–220 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12094-006-0014-z
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