Day-case breast cancer axillary surgery

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 96-98

  Athey, Nick ^a,b   Gilliam, A D ^a   Sinha, P ^a   Kurup, V J ^a   Hennessey, C ^a   Leaper, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axillary surgery; Breast cancer; Day case

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15444365057     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/1478708051667     Document Type: Article

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