Latissimus dorsi reconstruction: A good option for patients with failed breast conservation therapy

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 134-137

  Freeman, Mark E ^a   Perdikis, Galen ^a   Sternberg, Erez G ^a   TerKonda, Sarvam P ^a   Waldorf, James C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; Expander; Failed breast conservation; Latissimus myocutaneous flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33746466667     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000215252.05233.b0     Document Type: Article

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