Axillary web syndrome current understanding and new directions for treatment

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue , 2016, Pages S227-S231

  Piper, Merisa ^a   Guajardo, Isabella ^a   Denkler, Keith ^a   Sbitany, Hani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary cording; Axillary lymph node dissection; Axillary pain; Axillary web syndrome; Breast cancer; Collagenase clostridium histolyticum; Fat grafting; Mondor disease; Xiaflex

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIOPEPTIDASE A; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CICATRIX; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SYNDROME; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CICATRIX; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MICROBIAL COLLAGENASE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85028246517     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000000767     Document Type: Article

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