Purse-string mastectomy with immediate prosthetic reconstruction: An improved skin-sparing technique for small breasts

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2333-2337

  Toth, Bryant A ^a   Daane, Stephen P ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE EXPANSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BREAST IMPLANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY, SUBCUTANEOUS; NEOPLASM STAGING; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE EXPANDERS;

EID: 0038657940     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000060799.03866.57     Document Type: Article

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