Cosmesis and satisfaction after breast-conserving surgery correlates with the percentage of breast volume excised

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1505-1509

  Cochrane, R A ^a   Valasiadou, P ^a   Wilson, A R M ^a   Al Ghazal, S K ^a   Macmillan, R D ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; BREAST SURGERY; BREAST TUMOR; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0346780579     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4344     Document Type: Review

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