Sensory morbidity after sentinel lymph node biopsy and axillary dissection: A prospective study of 233 women

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 654-662

  Temple, Larissa K F ^a   Baron, Roberta ^a   Cody Iii, Hiram S ^a   Fey, Jane V ^a   Thaler, Howard T ^a   Borgen, Patrick I ^a   Heerdt, Alexander S ^a   Montgomery, Leslie L ^a   Petrek, Jeanne A ^a   Van Zee, Kimberly J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary dissection; Breast cancer; Morbidity; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS;

EID: 0036337657     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/aso.2002.9.7.654     Document Type: Article

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