Incidence of arm lymphoedema following sentinel node biopsy, axillary sampling and axillary dissection in patients with breast cancer

In Vivo

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1017-1020

  Lumachi, Franco ^a   Basso, Stefano M M ^b   Bonamini, Manuela ^b   Marino, Filippo ^a   Marzano, Bernardo ^b   Milan, Elisa ^b   Waclaw, Beata U ^b   Chiara, Giordano B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SM degli Angeli Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axillary lymphadenectomy; Axillary sampling; Breast cancer; Harmonic scalpel; Lymphoedema; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; SCALPEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 75149154664     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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