Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 196, Issue 3 , Pages 365-369, March 2003

Octreotide in the treatment of lymphorrhea after axillary node dissection: a prospective randomized controlled trial☆

  • Paolo Carcoforo, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Ferrara, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Advanced Therapy, General Surgery Division (Carcoforo, Soliani, Maestroni, Donini, Navarra), Ferrara, Italy
    • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine (Inderbitzin, Hui, Lefor, Avital), Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Giorgio Soliani, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Ferrara, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Advanced Therapy, General Surgery Division (Carcoforo, Soliani, Maestroni, Donini, Navarra), Ferrara, Italy
    • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine (Inderbitzin, Hui, Lefor, Avital), Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Umberto Maestroni, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Ferrara, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Advanced Therapy, General Surgery Division (Carcoforo, Soliani, Maestroni, Donini, Navarra), Ferrara, Italy
    • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine (Inderbitzin, Hui, Lefor, Avital), Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • A Donini, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Ferrara, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Advanced Therapy, General Surgery Division (Carcoforo, Soliani, Maestroni, Donini, Navarra), Ferrara, Italy
    • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine (Inderbitzin, Hui, Lefor, Avital), Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Daniel Inderbitzin, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Ferrara, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Advanced Therapy, General Surgery Division (Carcoforo, Soliani, Maestroni, Donini, Navarra), Ferrara, Italy
    • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine (Inderbitzin, Hui, Lefor, Avital), Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Thomas T Hui, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Ferrara, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Advanced Therapy, General Surgery Division (Carcoforo, Soliani, Maestroni, Donini, Navarra), Ferrara, Italy
    • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine (Inderbitzin, Hui, Lefor, Avital), Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Alan Lefor, MD, MPH, FACS

      Affiliations

    • University of Ferrara, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Advanced Therapy, General Surgery Division (Carcoforo, Soliani, Maestroni, Donini, Navarra), Ferrara, Italy
    • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine (Inderbitzin, Hui, Lefor, Avital), Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Itzhak Avital, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Ferrara, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Advanced Therapy, General Surgery Division (Carcoforo, Soliani, Maestroni, Donini, Navarra), Ferrara, Italy
    • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine (Inderbitzin, Hui, Lefor, Avital), Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Itzhak Avital, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Surgery, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Davis 4005, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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  • Giuseppe Navarra, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Ferrara, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Advanced Therapy, General Surgery Division (Carcoforo, Soliani, Maestroni, Donini, Navarra), Ferrara, Italy
    • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine (Inderbitzin, Hui, Lefor, Avital), Los Angeles, CA, USA

Received 8 March 2001; received in revised form 3 October 2002; accepted 22 October 2002.

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☆ No competing interests declared.

PII: S1072-7515(02)01757-X

doi:10.1016/S1072-7515(02)01757-X

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 196, Issue 3 , Pages 365-369, March 2003

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