Breast reconstruction and tissue expansion in irradiated versus not irradiated women after mastectomy

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 201-206

  Kraemer, Otto ^a,b   Andersen, Mikael ^a   Siim, Elsebeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; Radiation therapy; Tissue expansion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 0029815672     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02844319609062815     Document Type: Article

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