Safety of upper extremity surgery after prior treatment for ipsilateral breast cancer: Results of an American Society for Surgery of the Hand membership survey and literature review

Journal of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 232-238

  Gharbaoui, Idris S ^a,b   Netscher, David T ^a,b,c   Thornby, John ^a,b   Kessler, Fred B ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARM INJURY; ARTHRITIS; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BREAST CANCER; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPRESSION THERAPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; TOURNIQUET; VEIN PUNCTURE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 28644451065     PISSN: 15310914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jassh.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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