A single axillary crease incision for wide local excision and axillary clearance in breast cancer.
Wide local excision and axillary clearance or sampling has become the standard surgical treatment for many breast cancers. We describe a single incision that allows good access to the primary tumour and the axilla, lies parallel to Kraissl's lines of the skin and gives good cosmetic results.
Smellie
W J
WJ
Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey.
Yeatman
M
M
Nash
A G
AG
D001365:Axilla / Q000601:surgery; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods*; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental / Q000379:methods*