Breast reconstruction following subcutaneous mastectomy for cancer: A critical appraisal of the nipple-areola complex

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1083-1090

  Nahabedian, Maurice Y ^a   Tsangaris, Theodore N ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NIPPLE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SENSATION; SUBCUTANEOUS MASTECTOMY; TISSUE FLAP; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST IMPLANTATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY, SUBCUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; NIPPLES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33646088594     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000202103.78284.97     Document Type: Article

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