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Morbidity after surgery for breast cancer

โœ Scribed by Mr S. G. Chiverton; P. M. Perry

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1987
Tongue
English
Weight
140 KB
Volume
74
Category
Article
ISSN
0007-1323

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โœฆ Synopsis

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.

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## Abstract ## Background The incidence of arm lymphoedema after treatment for breast cancer ranges from 1 to 49 per cent. Although most women can be treated by non-operative means with satisfying results, end-stage lymphoedema is often non-responsive to compression, where hypertrophy of adipose t