Sternalis muscle: Importance in surgery of the breast

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 311-314

  Harish, K ^a,b,c   Gopinath, K S ^c  

^a M S RAMAIAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Bangalore Institute of Oncology ^*  (India)

^c Bangalore Institute of Oncology   (India)

Author keywords

Carcinoma breast; Mammography; Mastectomy; Radiotherapy; Sternalis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM;

EID: 0142180150     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-003-0119-9     Document Type: Article

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