Comparison of volume displacement versus circumferential arm measurements for lymphoedema: Implications for the snac trial

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 889-893

  Tewari, Nilajana ^a   Gill, Peter G ^a,b   Bochner, Melissa A ^a   Kollias, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arm measurement; Lymphoedema; Sentinel Node versus Axillary Clearance trial

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; AXILLA; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53549092748     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04686.x     Document Type: Article

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