Endoscopic axillary lymph node dissection: An experimental study in human cadavers

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 158-163

  Michael Brunt, L ^a   Jones, Daniel B ^a   Wu Justin, S ^a   Brunt, Elizabeth M ^b   Radford, Diane M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CADAVER; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

AXILLA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION;

EID: 0031858816     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(98)00141-0     Document Type: Article

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