Safety of elective hand surgery following axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer

Breast Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-290

  Hershko, Dan D ^a,b,d   Stahl, Shalom ^c  

^a Rambam Health Care Campus ^*  (Israel)

^b Breast Health Institute   (Israel)

^c Hand Surgery Unit   (Israel)

^d RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node dissection; Breast cancer; Hand surgery; Lymphedema

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; FOLLOW UP; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ARM; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHEDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247494577     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2007.00423.x     Document Type: Review

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