Fragmentation of axillary fibrofatty tissue during dissection facilitates preservation of the intercostobrachial nerve and the lateral thoracic vein

Breast

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-295

  Ivanovic, N ^a   Granic, M ^a   Randjelovic, T ^a   Todorovic, S ^a  

^a University Medical Center Bezanijska Kosa   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Axillary dissection; Breast cancer; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISSECTION; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; INTERCOSTOBRACHIAL NERVE; LATERAL THORACIC VEIN; LYMPH VESSEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORAX; VEINS;

EID: 44449122412     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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