Nipple-areola reconstruction following chest-wall irradiation for breast cancer: Is it safe?

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-15

  Draper, Lawrence B ^a   Bui, Duc T ^b   Chiu, Ernest S ^c   Mehrara, Babak J ^d   Pusic, Andrea L ^d   Cordeiro, Peter G ^d   Disa, Joseph J ^d   Hazen, Alexes ^e   Lee, W P Andrew ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast reconstruction; Nipple areola; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ADULT; BREAST IMPLANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; NIPPLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THORACIC WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21244443143     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000168037.87942.b5     Document Type: Review

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