Usefulness of ultrasound scissors in reducing serous drainage after axillary dissection for breast cancer: A prospective randomized clinical study

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-84

  Lumachi, Franco ^a   Burelli, Paolo ^b   Basso, Stefano M M ^a   Iacobone, Maurizio ^a   Ermani, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 1542348923     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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