Anatomical information for intercostobrachial nerve preservation in axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 9315-9323

  Zhu, J J ^a   Liu, X F ^a   Zhang, P L ^a   Yang, J Z ^a   Wang, J ^a   Qin, Y ^a   Zhang, G L ^a   Ren, D Q ^a   Cui, C L ^b   Guo, X G ^a  

^a Department of Anti Cancer Association Cancer Hospital of Baotou City   (China)

^b BAOTOU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND); Breast cancer; Intercostobrachial nerve (ICBN)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; INTERCOSTOBRACHIAL NERVE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; SPINAL NERVE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VERY ELDERLY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS;

EID: 84909952959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/2014.January.24.13     Document Type: Article

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