TRAM flap breast reconstruction after abdominal liposuction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 166-169

  Hess, Christopher L ^a   Gartside, Roberta L ^a,b   Ganz, Jason C ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PHC Building ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOSUCTION; MASTECTOMY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 3342922335     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000112289.88210.32     Document Type: Article

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