Prediction of postoperative seroma after latissimus dorsi breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1287-1290

  Randolph, Laura C ^a,b   Barone, Julie ^a,b   Angelats, Juan ^a,b   Dado, Diane V ^a,b   Vandevender, Darl K ^a,b   Shoup, Margo ^a,b  

^a Loyola University Medical Center ^*

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SEROMA;

EID: 26844535287     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000181517.20122.36     Document Type: Review

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