Simultaneous endoscope-assisted contralateral breast augmentation with implants in patients undergoing postmastectomy breast reconstruction with abdominal flaps

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1293-1302

  Ulusal, Betul Gozel ^a   Cheng, Ming Huei ^a,b   Wei, Fu Chan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CONTRACTURE; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; ENDOSCOPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; NIPPLE MALFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SUPERFICIAL INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BREAST IMPLANTS; ENDOSCOPES; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750247467     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000239460.94909.4d     Document Type: Article

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