Salvage of infected expander prostheses in breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1087-1092

  Yii, Ngi Wieh ^a   Khoo, Christopher T K ^a  

^a WEXHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST IMPLANTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE EXPANDERS;

EID: 0037334467     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000046490.02212.BA     Document Type: Article

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