A survey of general surgeons' attitudes towards breast reconstruction after mastectomy

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 178-183

  Spyrou, G E ^a,b   Titley, O G ^a   Cerqueiro, J ^a   Fatah, M F T ^a  

^a Wordsley Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast; Mastectomy; Morbidity; Neoplasms; Plastic; Prosthesis; Surgery; Surgical flaps

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGEON;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRELAND; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGERY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031837953     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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