Pain-relief and movement improvement by acupuncture after ablation and axillary lymphadenectomy in patients with mammary cancer

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 81-84

  He, J P ^a   Friedrich, M ^a   Ertan, A K ^a   Muller K ^a   Schmidt, W ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Arm movement; Axillary lymphadenectomy; Breast cancer; Pain

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ARM; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033065239     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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