The superficial inferior epigastric artery (SIEA) flap: Indications for breast reconstruction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 593-596

  Wolfram, Dolores ^a   Schoeller, Thomas ^a   Hussl, Heribert ^a   Wechselberger, Gottfried ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Indications for breast reconstruction; SIEA flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERFICIAL INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY FLAP; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33751346582     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000235448.93245.42     Document Type: Article

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