Secondary breast reconstruction with deepithelialized free flaps from the lower abdomen for intractable capsular contracture and maintenance of breast volume

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-41

  Gurunluoglu, Raffi ^a,b   Shafighi, Maziar ^b   Schwabegger, Anton ^b   Ninkovic, Milomir ^c  

^a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c Dept Plast Reconstr/Hand Surg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast implant; Breast reconstruction; Capsule contracture; Silicone

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIZATION; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SATISFACTION; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; WOUND CONTRACTION;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BREAST IMPLANTS; CONTRACTURE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 11844265985     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-862779     Document Type: Article

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