Avoidance of complications after the use of deep inferior epigastric perforator flaps for reconstruction of the breast

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-81

  Lundberg, Jonas ^a   Mark, Hans ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; Complications; DIEP; Superficial epigastric vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROPHYLAXIS; REPERFUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TISSUE FLAP; VEIN; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BREAST; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33645009212     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: 11013923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310500539332     Document Type: Article

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