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Lead
Manisa Celal Bayar University
This research is a prospective randomized study. Patients will be randomized by number-drawing method. Patients with BMI\>30 and age\>65 will be equally distributed to the experimental and active comparator arms. Under general anesthesia patients will be injected with 5 ml of isosulfan blue into the subareolar region. In one group, breast massage will be applied for 5 minutes. In the other group no massage will be applied. Surgical team will wait for a duration of 5 minutes for the self distribution of the blue dye.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
the diagnosis of breast cancer by biopsy
participants voluntarily participated in the clinical trial and signed informed consent
You may not be if
had previous sentinel lymph node biopsy or axillary surgery
had neoadjuvant chemotherapy
had clinical hints of axillary lymph node metastasis
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