Analysis of risk factors affecting the development of seromas following breast cancer surgeries: Seromas following breast cancer surgeries

Breast Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 588-592

  Unalp, Haluk Recai ^a,b   Onal, Mehmet Ali ^b  

^a Ataturk Egitim Ve Arastirma Hastanesi 4 Genel Cerrahi Klinigi ^*  (Turkey)

^b Atatürk Educational and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast; Cancer; Seroma

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SEROMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROMA; TURKEY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 35748977574     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2007.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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