Latissimus dorsi muscle flap and tissue expansion for breast reconstruction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 597-601

  Mimoun, Maurice ^b   Chaouat, Marc ^a   Lalanne, Bruno ^b   Smarrito, Stéphane ^b  

^a HÔPITAL ROTHSCHILD   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; Expansion; Muscle flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST PROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MASTECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE EXPANSION;

ADULT; BREAST IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; NIPPLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 33751326523     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000230203.86430.a3     Document Type: Article

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