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This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS

Completion dissection or observation for sentinel-node metastasis in melanoma. N Engl J Med 2017; 376: 2211-2222.

Published: 30th September 2017

Authors: Faries MB, Thompson JF, Cochran AJ, Andtbacka RH, Mozzillo N, Zager JS et al.

Conclusion

In this study that included 1934 patients, disease-specific survival at three years was 86 per cent in both groups. Patients who had immediate lymph node dissection were more likely to have lymphoedema: 24 versus 3 per cent.

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