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Axillary Lymphadenectomy for Melanoma

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Axillary lymphadenectomy (lymph node dissection) is indicated for selected patients with melanoma. This chapter describes the indications, preoperative preparation, pitfalls and danger points, and complications associated with this procedure.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

    J. E. Maxwell

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Sonia L. Sugg

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Carol E. H. Scott-Conner

  2. Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center/Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, USA

    Andreas M. Kaiser

  3. Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA

    Ninh T. Nguyen

  4. Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Umut Sarpel

  5. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Sonia L. Sugg

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Maxwell, J.E., Sugg, S.L. (2022). Axillary Lymphadenectomy for Melanoma. In: Scott-Conner, C.E.H., Kaiser, A.M., Nguyen, N.T., Sarpel, U., Sugg, S.L. (eds) Chassin's Operative Strategy in General Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81415-1_124

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