A single surgeon's 12-year experience with tissue expander/implant breast reconstruction: Part II. An analysis of long-term complications, aesthetic outcomes, and patient satisfaction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 832-839

  Cordeiro, Peter G ^a   McCarthy, Colleen M ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST IMPLANTATION; BREAST IMPLANTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE EXPANDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748777107     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000232397.14818.0e     Document Type: Article

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