Intercostobrachial nerve handling and pain after axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1240-1248

  Andersen, K G ^a   Aasvang, E K ^a   Kroman, N ^a   Kehlet, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; INTERCOSTOBRACHIAL NERVE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSATION DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSATION DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907968539     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12393     Document Type: Article

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