Impact of Radiotherapy on Breast Reconstruction

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-37

  Jugenburg, Martin ^a   Disa, Joseph J ^a   Pusic, Andrea L ^a   Cordeiro, Peter G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LUNG TOXICITY; LYMPHEDEMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; RADIATION; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; SKIN;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; NIPPLES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33846928486     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2006.11.013     Document Type: Review

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