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Pages 780-784 (November 2009)
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Vol. 100. Issue 9.
Pages 780-784 (November 2009)
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Full Thickness Skin Grafts Obtained From the Skin Overlying Sentinel Nodes
Injertos de Piel Total Obtenidos de la Zona del Ganglio Centinela
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A. Clemente-Ruiz de Almiróna,
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Correspondence: Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Avda. Dr. Olóriz, 16, 18012 Granada, Spain.
, S. Serrano-Ortegab
a Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, España
b Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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Abstract
Background

Surgical treatment of skin melanoma with skin margins in accordance with tumor thickness often necessitates covering the surgical defect with full or partial thickness skin grafts. When selective sentinel node biopsy is indicated, traditional procedures require 3 incisions: 1 in the region of the primary tumor covered by the graft, 1 in the axilla or groin corresponding to the site of the selective sentinel lymphnode biopsy, and 1—almost always the most uncomfortable—in the donor site for the skin graft.

Patients and methods

We present 10 patients attended in our department who underwent an alternative technique to reduce the number of wounds. A full thickness skin graft was obtained from the axillary or inguinal region covering the sentinel node.

Results

Sentinel node biopsy was positive in 1 patient, who subsequently underwent inguinal lymphadenectomy. Only 1 mild postoperative complication was reported in a patient with partial graft loss. The mean hospital stay was 6.2 days. After follow-up ranging from 11 to 56 months, no local recurrences or metastases had been detected.

Conclusion

The technique we present has the advantage of further simplifying surgical treatment for melanoma. It reduces the problems associated with sentinel node dissection by affording a wider access and is also associated with less morbidity.

Key words:
melanoma
sentinel lymph node
grafts
Resumen
Introducción

El tratamiento quirúrgico del melanoma cutáneo con unos márgenes adecuados al espesor del tumor va a hacer que, en ciertas localizaciones, sea frecuente tener que cubrir el defecto quirúrgico mediante injertos de piel total o parcial. Cuando haya que realizar biopsia selectiva del ganglio centinela (BSGC) con la técnica clásica el paciente tendrá tres heridas, una en la zona del primario cubierta por el injerto, otra en la axila o la ingle, por donde hemos hecho la BSGC, y otra, casi siempre la más molesta, en la zona dadora del injerto.

Material y métodos

Presentamos 10 pacientes tratados en nuestro Servicio en los que se realizó una técnica alternativa que redujo el número resultante de heridas. Para ello se obtuvo el injerto de piel total de la zona de la axila o de la ingle que recubría el ganglio centinela.

Resultados

La BSGC sólo fue positiva en un caso, al que se realizó linfadenectomía inguinal. Sólo se produjo una complicación postoperatoria leve en un paciente, con una pérdida parcial del injerto y la estancia hospitalaria media fue de 6,2 días. Después de un seguimiento variable entre 11 y 56 meses, no se han detectado casos de recidiva local ni de metástasis.

Conclusiones

La técnica que presentamos tiene la ventaja de que simplifica aún más el tratamiento quirúrgico del melanoma, reduce las dificultades en la disección del ganglio centinela al permitirnos una vía de abordaje más amplia y, además, disminuye la morbilidad asociada a la intervención.

Palabras clave:
melanoma
ganglio centinela
injertos
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