Superficial lymphatic drainage of the vulva and its relation to the regional nodes: an experimental study

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00064165:_____/22:10451902

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=lPZ.KfMeBe" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=lPZ.KfMeBe</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5603/FM.a2021.0096" target="_blank" >10.5603/FM.a2021.0096</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Superficial lymphatic drainage of the vulva and its relation to the regional nodes: an experimental study

Original language description

Background: Sentinel node biopsy in vulvar cancer is associated with much less morbidity than inguinofemoral node dissection. Our study focused on describing the morphology of superficial lymphatic drainage of the vulva and its relationship to regional nodes, which may facilitate orientation during surgery.Materials and methods: In 24 female cadavers, injections of patent blue (at various localisations medially, unilaterally and bilaterally) were used to visualise the lymphatic drainage of the vulva. After dissection of lymphatic vessels and nodes, their course was documented by photograph and then analysed. Subsequently, a map of vulvar superficial lymphatics was created.Results: The cutaneous and subcutaneous tissue of the vulva primarily drained to superficial inguinal nodes. There was no evidence of a solitary lymph node that drained the unilateral vulva. Each area of the vulva drained to its own lymph node, which was variably localised in the subcutaneous groin around the great saphenous vein. Anastomoses between individual inguinal superficial lymph nodes are likely. Right-left symmetry in the course of lymphatic collectors was not detected. Natural drainage of the medial and paramedial areas to contralateral inguinal nodes was also not detected. The drainage pattern to ipsilateral inguinal nodes was consistent in cadavers without evidence of vulvar disease and may be applicable in the early stages of vulvar cancer.Conclusions: There was no evidence of a solitary node that drained the unilat-eral vulva. Each part of the vulva may drain to a corresponding lymph node in a different localisation of the groin. The surgeon should take this variability into account.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30106 - Anatomy and morphology (plant science to be 1.6)

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA304%2F00%2F1157" target="_blank" >GA304/00/1157: Morphology of lymphatics in wound healing</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Folia Morphologica

ISSN

0015-5659

e-ISSN

1644-3284

Volume of the periodical

81

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

917-922

UT code for WoS article

000895294300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85134154496