Microsurgical techniques for the treatment of breast cancer - Related lymphedema: A systematic review

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 99-106

  Penha, Tiara R Lopez ^a   Ijsbrandy, Charlotte ^a   Hendrix, Nicole A M ^a   Heuts, Esther M ^a   Voogd, Adri C ^b   Von Meyenfeldt, Maarten F ^a   Van Der Hulst, Rene R W J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

breast cancer; lymphatic microsurgery; lymphedema

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHEDEMA; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BANDAGES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; MASS SCREENING; MICROSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84873059115     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1329919     Document Type: Review

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