Qualitative assessment of breast reconstruction in a specialist breast unit

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 445-453

  Nano, Maria Teresa ^a,b   Gill, Peter Grantley ^a,b   Kollias, James ^a,b   Bochner, Melissa Anne ^b   Carter, Nicholas ^b   Winefield, Helen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast reconstruction; Implant; Latissimus dorsi flap; Latissimus dorsi miniflap; Trans abdominal myocutaneous flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BREAST IMPLANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 21244465506     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03388.x     Document Type: Article

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