Prospective randomized controlled trial of preservation of the intercostobrachial nerve during axillary node clearance for breast cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1443-1445

  Abdullah, T I ^a   Iddon, J ^a   Barr, L ^a   Baildam, A D ^a   Bundred, N J ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSATION DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031720604     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00843.x     Document Type: Article

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