How I do it: Simple and effortless approach to identify thoracodorsal nerve on axillary clearance procedure

ecancermedicalscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Zin, Thant ^a   Maw, M ^a   Oo, S M ^a   Pai, D R ^a   Paijan, R B ^b   Kyi, M ^b  

^a MELAKA MANIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Hospital Pakar Sultanah Fatimah   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Axilla; Axillary clearance; Thoracodorsal nerve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY CLEARANCE PROCEDURE; DISSECTION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACODORSAL NERVE;

EID: 84862209968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17546605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3332/ecancer.2012.255     Document Type: Article

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