The effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on postmastectomy skin flap necrosis

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 611-614

  Atalay, Can ^a,b   Yilmaz, Kerim Bora ^a  

^a ANKARA ONCOLOGY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Biskek Cad Yesiltepe Bloklari   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Ecchymosis; Flap; Mastectomy; Necrosis; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT NECROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SEROMA; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN FLAP; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 70349573343     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-009-0335-z     Document Type: Article

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