Complications of level I and II axillary dissection in the treatment of carcinoma of the breast

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 194-201

  Roses, Daniel F ^a   Brooks, Ari D ^a   Harris, Matthew N ^a   Shapiro, Richard L ^a   Mitnick, Julie ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0033497473     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199908000-00009     Document Type: Article

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