Reasons why women who have mastectomy decide to have or not to have breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1810-1818

  Reaby, Linda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST PROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; EMOTION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031799797     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199806000-00006     Document Type: Article

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