Long-Term Treatment Outcome after Only Popliteal Lymph Node Dissection for Nodal Metastasis in Malignant Melanoma of the Heel: The Only “Interval Node” Dissection Can Be an Adequate Surgical Treatment
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(a) The operative findings of radical popliteal lymph node dissection. A fat pad and lymphatic tissue under the popliteal fascia were dissected from around the popliteal vessels and major nerve trunks to the lower leg with an S-shaped incision. (b) Popliteal artery and vein and tibial, common peroneal, and medial sural cutaneous nerves were preserved, although the lesser saphenous vein was sacrificed.
