Clinical evaluation of pain and cutaneous sensitivity in patients with preservation of intercostobrachial nerve during the axillary dissection for breast cancer treatment;Avaliação clínica da dor e sensibilidade cutânea de pacientes submetidas à dissecção axilar com preservação do nervo intercostobraquial para tratamento cirúrgico do câncer de mama

Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetricia

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 291-296

  Pimentel, Mônica Duarte ^a,c   Dos Santos, Luiz Cláudio ^a   Gobbi, Helenice ^b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO HOSPITALAR DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms surgery; Lymph node excision methods; Pain measurement; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349047082     PISSN: 01007203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-72032007000600003     Document Type: Article

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