Opportunistic internal mammary lymph node biopsy during microvascular free flap breast reconstruction: a useful technique?

Int J Surg. 2013;11(9):1027-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2013.07.011. Epub 2013 Aug 1.

Authors

Kai Yuen Wong¹, Jonathan T S Yu, Betania Mahler-Araujo, Parto Forouhi, Charles M Malata

Affiliation

¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK.

PMID: 23917085
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2013.07.011

No abstract available

Keywords: Internal mammary lymph node; Microvascular free flap breast reconstruction; Opportunistic biopsy.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Biopsy / methods*
Breast / surgery
Breast Neoplasms / pathology
Breast Neoplasms / surgery*
Female
Free Tissue Flaps / surgery*
Humans
Intraoperative Care / methods
Lymph Nodes / pathology*
Lymph Nodes / surgery
Lymphatic Metastasis
Mammaplasty / methods*
Middle Aged