Post-mastectomy pain syndrome: Incidence and risks

Breast

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 321-325

  Alves Nogueira Fabro, Erica ^a   Bergmann, Anke ^b   do Amaral e Silva, Blenda ^b   Padula Ribeiro, Ana Carolina ^b   de Souza Abrahão, Karen ^b   da Costa Leite Ferreira, Maria Giseli ^b   de Almeida Dias, Ricardo ^b   Santos Thuler, Luiz Claudio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mastectomy and pain syndrome; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHANTOM PAIN; POSTMASTECTOMY PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROMA; SURGICAL RISK; TISSUE NECROSIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84862511489     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2012.01.019     Document Type: Article

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