Short versus long-term postoperative drainage of the axilla after axillary lymph node dissection. A prospective randomized study

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 271-275

  Baas Vrancken Peeters, Marie Jeanne T F D ^a,b   Kluit, Ariane B ^b   Merkus, Jos W S ^a   Breslau, Paul J ^a  

^a HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node dissection; Drainage; Prospective randomised trial; Seroma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEROMA; SURGICAL WOUND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AXILLA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROMA; SUCTION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 26644463032     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-005-5348-7     Document Type: Article

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