Short stay surgery for breast cancer: An audit of an experience in a regional cancer centre in northern India

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 335-338

  Suryanarayana Deo, S V ^a   Shukla, N K ^a,b   Goel, Arun Kumar ^a   Kishore, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mastectomy; Short stay surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEROMA; SUTURE; TISSUE NECROSIS; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030865107     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-7983(97)90831-3     Document Type: Article

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