Short-term morbidity of the upper limb a
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Johan S. Rietman; Pieter U. Dijkstra; Jan H. B. Geertzen; Peter Baas; Jaap de Vr
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND The goals of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) are to improve axillary staging and reduce unnecessary axillary lymph node dissections (ALND), thereby reducing treatment‐related upper‐limb morbidity. In the current prospective study, short‐term upper‐limb morbidity was ass