Fibrin glue to reduce seroma after axillary lymphadenectomy for breast cancer

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-254

  Ruggiero, R ^a   Procaccini, E ^a   Gili, S ^a   Cremone, C ^a   Decimo, G ^a   Iovino, F ^a   Decimo, L ^a   Sparavigna, L ^a   Subitosi, A ^a   Parmeggiani, D ^a   Avenia, N ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axilla; Breast neoplasms; Fibrin tissue adhesive; Lymph node excision; Seroma

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MASTECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SEROMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROMA; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 48949104882     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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