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Mastectomy complications: upper limb lymphedema.
| Resumo: | Upper limb lymphedema is the most frequent complication of mastectomy. The efficacy of therapeutic modalities is crucial concerning the high prevalence and severity of some of its consequences. The authors make a revision of literature about epidemiology, clinic, diagnosis and treatment of this pathology. |
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| Autores principais: | Veiros, Iolanda |
| Outros Autores: | Nunes, Renato; Martins, Fernando |
| Ano: | 2007 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Instituição associada: | Ordem dos Médicos |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Acta Médica Portuguesa |
| Resumo: | Upper limb lymphedema is the most frequent complication of mastectomy. The efficacy of therapeutic modalities is crucial concerning the high prevalence and severity of some of its consequences. The authors make a revision of literature about epidemiology, clinic, diagnosis and treatment of this pathology. |
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