Survival Trends Following Surgical Management in Carcinoma Vulva Patients During Covid 19 Pandemic: A Tertiary Care Hospital Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vulval cancers account for 0.25% of new cancer cases and 0.2% of new deaths of all sites worldwide making it an uncommon malignancy according to Global cancer Statistics 2020. Covid 19 for two years made the situation worse. Proper investigations, adjuvant therapy and follow-up for complications was a challenge. The present study is a prospective observational study on treatment outcome of Carcinoma Vulva at a tertiary care hospital during COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Twenty patients of non-metastatic carcinoma vulva were recruited over 22 months of Covid 19 pandemic. Surgery was individualized as wide local excision or radical vulvectomy. Inguinal nodes were addressed as per location of tumour. All cases were followed 2 monthly with virtual/physical meetings till 1

SUBMITTER: Kumar N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11693637 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature