Delayed breast reconstruction using a combination of latissimus dorsi muscle flap and tissue expander with embodiment injection site

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 529-535

  Foustanos, Andreas ^a   Zavrides, Harris ^a  

^a IASO   (Greece)

Author keywords

Delayed breast reconstruction; Latissimus dorsi muscle flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INJECTION SITE; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEROMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE EXPANSION;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE EXPANSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947592198     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.11.019     Document Type: Article

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