Axillary lymphadenectomy for breast Cancer - The influence of shoulder mobilisation on lymphatic drainage

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 303-305

  Christodoulakis, Manousos ^a   Sanidas, E ^a   de Bree, E ^a   Michalakis, J ^a   Volakakis, E ^a   Tsiftsis, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Axillary node dissection; Breast cancer; Drainage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARM; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FROZEN SHOULDER; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT FUNCTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECORDING; SEROMA; SHOULDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0038312171     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejso.2002.1317     Document Type: Article

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