Abnormal muscles that may affect axillary lymphadenectomy: Surgical anatomy

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-82

  Natsis, K ^a   Vlasis, K ^b   Totlis, T ^a   Paraskevas, G ^a   Noussios, G ^a   Skandalakis, P ^b,c   Koebke, J ^d  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Axilla; Breast cancer; Complications; Surgical oncology; Variations

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CADAVER; CHONDROEPITROCHLEARIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LANGER AXILLARY ARCH; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MUSCLE AGENESIS; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PECTORALIS MINOR MUSCLE; PECTORALIS QUARTUS MUSCLE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AXILLA; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 74849133824     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-009-0374-5     Document Type: Article

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