Surgical landmarks for identification of the thoracodorsal pedicle during axillary dissection in carcinoma breast patients: a prospective observational study

Use of LTV and pectoralis minor muscle as anatomical landmarks and clock-face orientation reliably identifies the thoracodorsal pedicle during ALND, and offer a reliable and reproducible method to locate the thoracodorsal pedicle intraoperatively, thereby improving surgical precision and minimizing risk during axillary dissection.