[The surgical treatment of patients with skin melanoma of the extremities and trunk].

The surgical method of treatment late follow-up results of 901 patient with body and extremities skin melanoma in stages T1-4 N0M0 were analyzed. It was established that melanoma is metastasizing into the regional lymphatic nodes. The metastases are occurring from 1 month up to 20 years. Only 67.7% of patients survive more that three year and 53.5%--5 years after the tumor excision.