Can the cost affect the choice of various methods of postmastectomy breast reconstruction?

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Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 383-386

  Franchelli, Simonetta ^a,b   Leone, Maria Stella ^a   Berrino, Pietro ^a   Passarelli, Barbara ^a   Cicchetti, Silvia ^a   Perniciaro, Giuseppe ^a   Delfino, Eliano ^b   Santi, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; Costs; Italian health care structure; Mastectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031837363     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169808400314     Document Type: Article

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