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Increases in arm volume predict lymphoedema and quality of life deficits after axillary surgery: a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Lymphoedema develops after axillary clearance (ANC) in 25% of patients. This prospective, multi-centre study compared multi-frequency bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) with arm volume measurement to: (1) determine which test has better diagnostic accuracy, (2) identify factors predicting d...

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Autores principales: Bundred, Nigel, Foden, Phil, Todd, Chris, Morris, Julie, Watterson, Donna, Purushotham, Arnie, Bramley, Maria, Riches, Katie, Hodgkiss, Tracey, Evans, Abigail, Skene, Anthony, Keeley, Vaughan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7341763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32362658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41416-020-0844-4