Breast necrosis following harvest of internal mammary artery

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 366-368

  Rashid, Abid ^a,b   Basheer, M Haj ^a   Khan, K ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast necrosis; Calciphylaxis; Internal mammary artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BREAST NECROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 2942626067     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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