Comparison of donor-site complications and functional outcomes in free muscle-sparing TRAM flap and free DIEP flap breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 737-746

  Bajaj, Anureet K ^a   Chevray, Pierre M ^a   Chang, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; DEMOGRAPHY; DONOR SITE; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE FLAP; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THROMBOSIS; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ALGORITHM; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645741681     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000200062.97265.fb     Document Type: Article

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