The inframammary fold: Contents, clinical significance and implications for immediate breast reconstruction

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 146-149

  Gui, Gerald P H ^a   Behranwala, K A ^a   Abdullah, N ^a   Seet, J ^a   Osin, P ^a   Nerurkar, A ^a   Lakhani, S R ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; Inframammary fold; Intramammary lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; MASTECTOMY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANK SUM TEST;

EID: 1242285521     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2003.11.030     Document Type: Article

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