Nemoto T, Dao T L
Ann Surg. 1975 Dec;182(6):722-3. doi: 10.1097/00000658-197512000-00011.
The effectiveness of axillary dissection by modified radical mastectomy was assessed by a comparison of the total axillary nodes removed by this operation to that by radical mastectomy. In a series of 121 consecutive radical mastectomies performed during the period of 1964 to 1969, we found that the number of axillary nodes removed ranged from 3 to 63 with a median of 22 and a mean of 23.4 per patient. In a subsequent series of 111 consecutive modified radical mastectomies performed between 1969 and 1973, the total axillary nodes removed ranged from 6 to 77 with a median of 24 and mean of 25.7 nodes in each mastectomy specimen. These results strongly suggest that axillary dissection in modified radical mastectomy is as complete as that in the Halsted radical mastectomy.
通过比较改良根治性乳房切除术与根治性乳房切除术切除的腋窝淋巴结总数，评估改良根治性乳房切除术腋窝清扫的效果。在1964年至1969年期间连续进行的121例根治性乳房切除术中，我们发现每位患者切除的腋窝淋巴结数量为3至63个，中位数为22个，平均数为23.4个。在随后1969年至1973年期间连续进行的111例改良根治性乳房切除术中，每个乳房切除标本中切除的腋窝淋巴结总数为6至77个，中位数为24个，平均数为25.7个。这些结果有力地表明，改良根治性乳房切除术中的腋窝清扫与Halsted根治性乳房切除术中的腋窝清扫一样彻底。
