The incidence of vulvar pathology and vulvectomy within risk and non-risk groups

At the Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics over a period of five years, more than 180,000 women were examined; 580 simple and 178 radical vulvectomies were performed.

Simple vulvectomy; Radical vulvectomy

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