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.
Morbidity associated with axillary surgery for breast cancer
β Scribed by Kim O. Taylor
- Book ID
- 108993966
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 159 KB
- Volume
- 74
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1445-1433
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