Incidence of Clinically Significant Seroma after Breast and Axillary Surgery

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 148-150

  Boostrom, Sarah Y ^a   Throckmorton, Alyssa D ^a   Boughey, Judy C ^a   Holifield, Andrea C ^a   Zakaria, Shaheen ^a   Hoskin, Tanya L ^a   Degnim, Amy C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AXILLA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY; SEROMA;

EID: 57749171392     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.08.029     Document Type: Review

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