Surgical approach to the angular vein of the axilla: An "inverted" technique of axillary dissection [5]

Breast Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 220-222

  Tan, Mona P ^a   Ung, Owen A ^b  

^a MammoCare the Breast Clinic and Surgery   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR VEIN; AXILLA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION;

EID: 33847166206     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2007.00409.x     Document Type: Letter

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