The use of the latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap for immediate correction of the deformity resulting from breast conservation surgery

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-103

  Kat, Chien C ^a   Darcy, Catharine M ^a   O'Donoghue, J M ^a   Taylor, Alan R ^a   Regan, Padraic J ^a  

^a STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conservation; Breast reconstruction; Latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap; Local excision

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OPERATION DURATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0033104034     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1997.3035     Document Type: Article

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