Breast cancer and quality of life - Improvement by contralateral breast reconstruction and symmetrical mammaplasty?;Mammakarzinom und lebensqualität - Gewinn durch rekonstruktion und angleichung der gegenseite?

Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 384-391

  Kiene, Marek ^a   Hoch, J ^b  

^a Brandverletztenzentrum   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast reconstruction; Contralateral mammaplasty for symmetry; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11244354873     PISSN: 07221819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-817951     Document Type: Article

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