Timing of sentinel lymph node biopsy and reconstruction for patients undergoing mastectomy

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 359-363

  McGuire, Kandace ^a,b   Rosenberg, Anne L ^a   Showalter, Shayna ^a   Brill, Kristin L ^a   Copit, Steven ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immediate breast reconstruction; Mastectomy; Sentinel node biopsy; Surgical timing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MORBIDITY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OUTPATIENT; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

AXILLA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 34848865376     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3180326fb9     Document Type: Article

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