Axillary reverse mapping in breast cancer surgery
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-422X.2010.07.015
- VernacularTitle:乳腺癌术中反向腋窝淋巴作图研究进展
- Author:
Xiaowen DING
;
Shangnao XIE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Breast Neoplasms;
Axillary reverse mapping
- From:
Journal of International Oncology
2010;37(7):526-529
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The axillary reverse mapping (ARM) is a new minimally invasive technique, which has been developed to map and preserve arm lymphatic drainage during axillary lymph node dissection (ALND)and/or sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy, thereby minimizing arm lymphedema.