Axillary web syndrome following secondary breast-conserving surgery: A case report

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wei, Panmei ^a   Zhu, Liling ^a   Chen, Kai ^a   Jia, Weijuan ^a   Hu, Yue ^a   Su, Fengxi ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Axillary web syndrome; Breast cancer; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Thrombophlebitis

Indexed keywords

AESCUVEN FORTE; ANALGESIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AXILLARY WEB SYNDROME; B SCAN; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANGE OF MOTION; REOPERATION; SHOULDER PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 84872273478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-11-8     Document Type: Article

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