Persistent pain, sensory disturbances and functional impairment after immediate or delayed axillary lymph node dissection

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-35

  Andersen, K G ^a   Jensen, M B ^b   Tvedskov, T F ^a   Kehlet, H ^a   Gartner R ^a   Kroman, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node dissection; Breast cancer; Neuropathy; Persistent pain

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURALGIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84870870859     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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