Changes in the lymph structure of the upper limb after axillary dissection: Radiographic and anatomical study in a human cadaver

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 982-991

  Suami, Hiroo ^a   Pan, Wei Ren ^a   Taylor, G Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AXILLA; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CADAVER; DISSECTION; ELBOW; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOREARM; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH VESSEL; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SKIN CAPILLARY; X RAY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY;

EID: 34548433460     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000277995.25009.3e     Document Type: Article

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