Ipsilateral pedicled TRAM flaps: The safer alternative?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-82

  Clugston, Patricia A ^a   Gingrass, Mary K ^a   Azurin, Daniel ^a   Fisher, Jack ^a   Maxwell, G Patrick ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTHETICS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0033970809     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200001000-00013     Document Type: Article

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