Impact of sentinel lymph node biopsy on the evolution of breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1089-1099

  Kronowitz, Steven J ^a   Kuerer, Henry M ^a   Hunt, Kelly K ^a   Ross, Merrick I ^a   Massey, Pamela R ^a   Ensor, Joe E ^a   Robb, Geoffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAMMAPLASTY; MAMMARY ARTERIES; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33749428483     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000236794.73344.c4     Document Type: Article

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