Decreasing Rates of Axillary Lymph Node Dissections Over Time: Implications for Surgical Resident Exposure and Operative Skills Development

BACKGROUND: Sentinel lymph node biopsy has supplanted axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in clinically node-negative breast cancer and select node-positive disease. We hypothesized a decreasing rate of both ALND and resident exposure over time. METHODS: We identified women with clinical Stage I-I...

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Published in:Am J Surg
Main Authors: Rosenberger, Laura H., Thomas, Samantha M., Plichta, Jennifer K., Fayanju, Oluwadamilola M., Hyslop, Terry, Greenup, Rachel A., Hwang, E. Shelley
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6768717/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31350006
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.07.013
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