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Axillary Lymphadenectomy

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Operative Strategy in General Surgery

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Radical axillary lymphadenectomy requires the removal of all the axillary lymph nodes. In this respect it is identical with the lymphadenectomy of a radical mastectomy. The medial boundary of the dissection is the point at which the axillary vein meets the clavicle and the lateral boundary is the anterior border of the latissimus dorsi muscle.

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  1. Clinical Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10016, USA

    Jameson L. Chassin MD (Professor, Chairman)

  2. Department of Surgery, New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, Main Street at Booth Memorial Avenue, Flushing, NY, 11355, USA

    Jameson L. Chassin MD (Professor, Chairman)

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Chassin, J.L. (1994). Axillary Lymphadenectomy. In: Operative Strategy in General Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4169-8_56

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