Langer's arch in axillary dissections from patients with breast cancer: a retrospective study.

Autor: Arzate-Ramirez VH; Department of General Surgery, Hospital General Tacuba, ISSSTE, Mexico City, Mexico., Ortiz-Mendoza CM; Department of Surgical Oncology, Hospital General Tacuba, ISSSTE, Lago Ontario #119, Col. Tacuba, Alc. Miguel Hidalgo, 11410, Mexico City, Mexico. cortizmendoza@yahoo.com.mx.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA [Surg Radiol Anat] 2023 Sep; Vol. 45 (9), pp. 1139-1141. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 31.
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-023-03171-2
Abstrakt: Purpose: The study aimed to assess the frequency of Langer's arch in patients undergoing axillary dissection for breast cancer.
Methods: From January-2015 to March-2020, in a general hospital in México City, female patients undergoing axillary dissection for breast cancer were studied. The analysis involved: demographic and anthropometric data, type of surgical treatment, histopathologic diagnosis, number of lymph nodes harvested, and frequency of Langer's arch finding.
Results: The sample studied was 123 axillary dissections. The mean age of the patients was 59 ± 10.5-years. Modified radical mastectomy was done in 117 cases (95.1%). Ductal carcinoma occurred in 96 cases (78%). The mean number of lymph nodes harvested was 24 ± 6.5. Langer's arch finding occurred in 33 cases (26.8%).
Conclusion: Langer's arch is frequent in our patients undergoing axillary dissection for breast cancer.
(© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag France SAS, part of Springer Nature.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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