Prospective evaluation of the morbidity of axillary clearance for breast cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 114-117

  Duff, M ^a   Hill, A D K ^a   McGreal, G ^a   Walsh, S ^a   McDermott, E W ^a   O'Higgins, N J ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM EDEMA; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SHOULDER; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 0035152145     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2001.01620.x     Document Type: Article

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