Axillary Reverse Mapping: Mapping and Preserving Arm Lymphatics May Be Important in Preventing Lymphedema During Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 206, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1038-1042

  Boneti, Cristiano ^a   Korourian, Soheila ^a   Bland, Keiva ^a   Cox, Kristin ^a   Adkins, Laura L ^a   Henry Tillman, Ronda S ^a   Klimberg, V Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; AXILLA; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE REVERSE MAPPING; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST CANCER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; ARM; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 43049092964     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.12.022     Document Type: Article

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