Büchels H K, Vogt H, Wagner T, Fleischer J
Plastische Chirurgie, Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie.
Zentralbl Chir. 1998;123 Suppl 5:70-1.
Aim of the experiment is to select patients with positive axillary lymph nodes by means of the sentinel lymph node concept. In this way all other patients who would not benefit from a lymph node dissection are spared from this procedure and its morbidity. Till now the sentinel lymphadenectomy is, however, still an experimental technic with yet unproven utility.
