The late sequelae of mastectomy are well recognized'. These include frozen shoulder, damage to the intercostobrachial nerve, chest wall pain and arm lymphoedema. We studied whether more conservative surgery results in the same incidence of morbidity by means of a questionnaire.
Lateral mammaplasty reconstruction after surgery for breast cancer
โ Scribed by M. Ballester; MG. Berry; B. Couturaud; F. Reyal; R. J. Salmon; A. D. Fitoussi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 184 KB
- Volume
- 96
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
- DOI
- 10.1002/bjs.6696
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