Physical, psychological, and economic advantages of accelerated discharge after surgical treatment for breast cancer

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-127

  Kambouris, Angelos ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEROMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0029898809     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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