A simple method for determining the weight of the TRAM flap intraoperatively at the time of breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 818-819

  Lazarus, Dirk ^a   Hudson, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS; MASTECTOMY; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0035126335     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200103000-00025     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Method to pre-operatively predict the weight of TRAM flap
2. Mastectomy specimen weight and skin dimensions as an adjunct to breast reconstruction
3. Use of Archimedes' law for measuring the volume of the TRAM flap in immediate breast reconstruction