Free latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap for secondary breast reconstruction after partial loss of a TRAM Flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 690-694

  Serletti, Joseph M ^a,b   Higgins, James ^a   Carras, Alexis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0030874824     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199709000-00024     Document Type: Article

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