Rational selection of flaps from the abdomen in breast reconstruction to reduce donor site morbidity

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 351-354

  Arnez, Z M ^a   Khan, U ^b   Pogorelec, D ^a   Planinsek F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal flaps; Breast reconstruction; DIEP flap; Donor morbidity; Free TRAM; SIEA flap; TRAM flap

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; MASTECTOMY; MORBIDITY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033166353     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1999.3099     Document Type: Article

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