Mastectomy scar histopathology of limited clinical value

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 374-375

  Alam, Munir ^a   Kiely, Clare ^a   Shah, Syed H ^a   Lawlor, Catriona ^a   O'Donnell, Margaret ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Delayed breast reconstruction; Mastectomy scar; Routine histology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; COST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXCISION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MUSCLE FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; TRANSVERSUS RECTUS ABDOMINUS MUSCLE FLAP;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749039662     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000237565.39876.f9     Document Type: Article

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