Risk factors for breast cancer-related upper extremity lymphedema: Is immediate autologous breast reconstruction one of them?

Central European Journal of Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-70

  Gur, Akif Serhat ^a   Unal, Bulent ^a   Ahrendt, Gretchen ^a   Gimbel, Michael L ^a   Kayiran, Oguz ^a   Johnson, Ronald ^a   Bonaventura, Marguerite ^a   Soran, Atilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm lymphedema; Body mass index; Breast Cancer; Immediate reconstruction; Infection; Occupation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; OCCUPATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 60349097931     PISSN: 18951058     EISSN: 16443640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11536-009-0010-0     Document Type: Article

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