Preventative measures for lymphedema: Separating fact from fiction

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 543-551

  Cemal, Yeliz ^a   Pusic, Andrea ^a   Mehrara, Babak J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOPYRONE; PYRONE DERIVATIVE; SUNSCREEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AVIATION; AXILLA; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CELLULITIS; COMPRESSION GARMENT; EXERCISE; HAND SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; NEEDLE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; ONCOTIC PRESSURE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SOLID TUMOR; SUNBURN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOURNIQUET; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 81555201453     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.07.001     Document Type: Review

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