Evaluation of outcome after immediate breast reconstruction: Prospective comparison of four methods

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1916-1926

  Gui, Gerald P H ^a,b   Kadayaprath, Geeta ^a,b   Tan, Su Ming ^a,b   Faliakou, Eleni C ^a,b   Choy, Christina ^a,b   A'Hern, Roger ^a,b   Ward, Ann ^a,b  

^a Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust ^*

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIPPLE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 20044386896     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000165081.54107.B9     Document Type: Article

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