Breast reconstruction using perforator flaps

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 441-454

  Granzow, Jay W ^a   Levine, Joshua L ^b   Chiu, Ernest S ^b   Allen, Robert J ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; DIEP; GAP; IGAP; Microsurgery; Perforator flap; SGAP; SIEA

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; DONOR SITE; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FASCIA; FEMALE; GLUTEAL ARTERY; HUMAN; LIPOSUCTION; PERFORATOR FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SMOKING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; BUTTOCKS; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MICROSURGERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33750716117     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20481     Document Type: Article

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