The cost: An additional variable in the choice among different techniques of postmastectomy breast reconstruction;IL COSTO COME ULTERIORE VARIABILE DI SCELTA TRA LA DIVERSE METODICHE DI RICOSTRUZIONE MAMMARIA POSTMASTECTOMIA

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 197-201

  Passarelli, B ^a,c   Ferrari, C ^a   Leone, M S ^a   Franchelli, S ^a   Michelini, F ^a   Delfino, E ^b   Santi, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Ist Naz per la Riceica sul Cancro   (Italy)

^c Ist Naz per la Riceica sul Cancro   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast implants; Breast neoplasms surgery; Diagnosis related groups; Economics, medical; Mammoplasty; Mastectomy; State medicine, economics

Indexed keywords

SILICON; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BODY BUILD; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; ITALY; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MUSCLE FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SOYBEAN;

BREAST IMPLANTS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0031947749     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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