Obstet Gynecol Sci.  2022 Sep;65(5):483-484. 10.5468/ogs.22027.

Indocyanine green fluorescent image-guided inguinal sentinel node biopsy for vulvar cancer: criteria and intraoperative challenges

• Iavazzo C
• Vrachnis N
• Gkegkes ID

• KMID: 2533822
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5468/ogs.22027

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