Seroma formation following breast cancer surgery

Breast Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 385-388

  Gonzalez, Ernest A ^a   Saltzstein, Edward C ^a   Riedner, Carola S ^a   Nelson, Brian K ^a  

^a Paul L Foster School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast surgery; Seroma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROMA;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRAINAGE; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TEXAS;

EID: 0141567083     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2003.09504.x     Document Type: Article

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