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BARRIOS LUGO, Gonzalo Rafael  e  TEJADA PEREZ, Augusto Oswaldo. Maniobra digital sobre el músculo dorsal ancho (m latissimus dorsi) para facilitar la disección axilar. Rev. venez. oncol. [online]. 2010, vol.22, n.3, pp.205-210. ISSN 0798-0582.

Since 1990 we used during axillaries dissection in cases of breast cancer, a maneuver that allows us; identify better the axillaries vein in the external portion, finalize the dissection of wide dorsal muscle (M. latissimus dorsi), measure the thickness of the axillary weaves to dissect and discard the presence of the vascular Lange arc, anomaly that can appear in 5 % to 6 % of the cases. We considered that this procedure helps to simplify the axillaries dissection during surgical act. We have not obtained publications that describe this maneuver and have decided to make this communication.

Palavras-chave : Cancer; breast; dissection; axillaries; muscle; dorsal broad; vascular.