Institutional review of free TRAM flap breast reconstruction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 593-598

  Knight, Mark A K ^a   Nguyen IV, Dinh T ^a   Kobayashi, Mark R ^a   Evans, Gregory R D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; Free flap

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANTICOAGULATION; BLOOD FLOW; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE FLAP; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEXTRANS; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744790281     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000202226.92967.f0     Document Type: Review

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