Total mastectomy under local anesthesia: The tumescent technique

Breast Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 100-102

  Carlson, Grant W ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Local anesthesia; Mastectomy

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANASTROZOLE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LIDOCAINE; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MASTECTOMY; MORBIDITY; NECROSIS; OPERATION DURATION; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMESCENT TECHNIQUE; TUMOR GROWTH; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; LIDOCAINE; MASTECTOMY, SIMPLE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15444381134     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1075-122X.2005.21536.x     Document Type: Article

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