Late arm and shoulder problems after axillary therapeutic lymph node dissection in patients with melanoma.

CONCLUSION: Our sample shows that ATLND in melanoma patients with the clinically detectable disease can be performed without a major risk of late ASPs and impaired daily life. Increasing tumor size and decreasing age at the surgery are risk factors for developing ASP-related dysfunction. PMID: 33176535 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery - Category: Surgery Tags: J Plast Surg Hand Surg Source Type: research