Is pregnancy contraindicated following free TRAM breast reconstruction?

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 556-559

  Collin, T W ^a   Coady, M S E ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; counselling; pregnancy; TRAM flap

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHILDBIRTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMED CONSENT; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSTETRICS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE NECROSIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; COUNSELING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS;

EID: 33645920988     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.11.012     Document Type: Article

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