Arm morbidity after complete axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 212-216

  Nagel, P H A F ^a   Bruggink, E D M ^a   Wobbes, Th ^b   Strobbe, L J A ^a  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arm morbidity; Axillary dissection; Breast cancer; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSATION; TUMOR BIOPSY; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SHOULDER;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 0042235604     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2003.11679409     Document Type: Conference Paper

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