Axillary dissection is a surgical procedure that incises the axilla, usually in order to identify, examine, or take out lymph nodes.[1] The term "axilla" refers to the armpit or underarm section of the body.[2] The axillary dissection procedure is commonly used in treating the underarm portion of women who are dealing with breast cancer.[3] The lymph nodes located in the axilla area that are affected by breast cancer are called the guardian or sentinel lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are essential to the lymphatic/immune system due to their main function of filtering unrecognized particles and molecules.[4] The idea of treating breast cancer with the axillary dissection procedure was introduced in the 18th century and was backed by German physician Lorenz Heister.[3] There are certain criteria that make patients eligible candidates for this procedure. Patients tend to have three different levels of axillary lymph nodes; the level helps to determine whether or not the patient should undergo axillary dissection.[citation needed]
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Axillarydissection is a surgical procedure that incises the axilla, usually in order to identify, examine, or take out lymph nodes. The term "axilla"...
better-known examples of lymphadenectomy are axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer; radical neck dissection for head and neck cancer and thyroid cancer;...
The right axillary artery is often used as an arterial cannulation site in cardiac surgery, particularly for repair of aortic dissection and replacement...
an axillary lymph node dissection to see if the cancer cells have been trapped in the nodes. For clinical stages I and II breast cancer, axillary lymph...
Armpits. Step by step Video dissection of the Human Axilla showing all relevant anatomy 3D animated overview of axillary anatomy (rich media) lesson3axilla...
whether the technique could safely be used to avoid unnecessary axillarydissection among women with early breast cancer. The first such trial, led by...
very close to the margin. Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) or axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) may be used to determine if the cancer has progressed...
that time, that it was anatomically impossible to do a complete axillarydissection without removing the pectoralis muscle. William Halsted accomplished...
compared to being treated with axillary lymph node dissection, being treated with lesser axillary surgery (such as axillary sampling or sentinel lymph node...
techniques, including sentinel lymph node biopsy, which resulted in axillarydissection in breast cancer with clinically negative lymph nodes no longer being...
The axillary spaces are anatomic spaces. through which axillary contents leave the axilla. They consist of the quadrangular space, triangular space, and...
upper triangular space, medial axillary space or foramen omotricipitale) is one of the three spaces found at the axillary space. The other two spaces are...
the major blood vessel of the (upper) arm. It is the continuation of the axillary artery beyond the lower margin of teres major muscle. It continues down...
They also reported on the experience with lumpectomy, level 1 axillary node dissection followed by breast radiation (breast conservation) for the treatment...
patterns at the top of the joint, within what is known as 'axillary wood' (Fig. 1). The axillary wood (or xylem) formed in this location is denser than in...
during dissections performed in Edinburgh and London around 1793 by his own account of 1812. In 1846 Karl Langer wrote up an account of the axillary arch...
basilic vein terminates by uniting with the brachial veins to form the axillary vein.[citation needed] As it ascends the medial side of the biceps in the...
occurs in the arm or penis.: 827 In axilla, this condition is known as axillary web syndrome. Mondor's disease is named after Henri Mondor (1885–1962)...
cord) The axillary, radial, musculocutaneous and median nerves all contain axons derived from the upper trunk. Brachial plexus. Deep dissection. Brachial...
axillary space. The other two spaces are: triangular space and triangular interval. The quadrangular space is one of the three spaces in the axillary...
(C5-C6) and middle trunks (C7). Its name comes from it being lateral to the axillary artery as it passes through the axilla. The other cords of the brachial...
(January 13, 2010). "Comparing Radical Mastectomy with Quadrantectomy, AxillaryDissection, and Radiotherapy in Patients with Small Cancers of the Breast"....
brachial plexus, it travels behind the third part of the axillary artery (part of the axillary artery distal to the pectoralis minor). In the arm, it runs...
removal of these nodes is often the next step in treatment. Axillary lymph node dissection involves the excision of the nodes from the armpit, or axilla...
tubercles that is a common site of fracture. It makes contact with the axillary nerve and the posterior humeral circumflex artery. The greater tubercle...
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