Successful repair of the long thoracic nerve after complete transection during axillary lymph node dissection

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 266-268

  Agee, Neal ^a,b   Bouton, Marcia E ^a   Vanderhoof, John W ^a  

^a Medpro of Arizona   (United States)

^b Hogan Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MASTECTOMY; MORBIDITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; INJURY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE; PATHOLOGY;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC NERVES;

EID: 65449187849     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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