Breast reconstruction with superficial inferior epigastric artery flaps: A prospective comparison with TRAM and DIEP flaps. Discussion

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1084-1085

  Allen, Robert J ^a,b  

^a Louisiana State Univ Hlth Sci C ^*

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTERY GRAFT; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CADAVER; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORBIDITY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REOPERATION; SUPERFICIAL INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; SUPERFICIAL INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14944364907     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000135329.81241.42     Document Type: Note

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