Chylous leak: A rare complication after axillary lymph node dissection

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-218

  Caluwe, G L F ^a   Christiaens, M R G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node dissection; Chylous leak

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CHYLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CHYLE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0042235601     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2003.11679410     Document Type: Conference Paper

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