Axillary vein abnormalities contribute to development of lymphoedema after surgery for breast cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-315

  Pain, S J ^a   Vowler, S ^b   Purushotham, A D ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM SWELLING; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; AXILLARY VEIN; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STENOSIS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN WALL; ARM; AXILLA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BREAST TUMOR; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; VASCULARIZATION;

ARM; AXILLA; AXILLARY VEIN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 15944363831     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4835     Document Type: Article

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