Morbidity associated with axillary surgery for breast cancer

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 314-317

  Taylor, Kim O ^a,b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node; Breast cancer; Morbidity; Surgical anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; JOINT STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARESTHESIA; POSTAL MAIL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 2542619058     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-1433.2004.02992.x     Document Type: Article

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