Periscapular amputation as treatment for brachial plexopathy secondary to recurrent breast carcinoma: A case series and review of the literature

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1325-1331

  Behnke, N K ^a   Crosby, S N ^a   Stutz, C M ^a   Holt, G E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexopathy; Breast cancer; Forequarter amputation; Periscapular amputation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TRASTUZUMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; BRACHIAL PLEXOPATHY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BRACHIAL PLEXOPATHY; BREAST CANCER; FOREQUARTER AMPUTATION; PERISCAPULAR AMPUTATION;

AMPUTATION; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84888297262     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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