A retrospective analysis of patient satisfaction with immediate postmastectomy breast reconstruction: Comparison of three common procedures

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1669-1676

  Saulis, Alexandrina S ^a   Mustoe, Thomas A ^a   Fine, Neil A ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE EXPANSION; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST IMPLANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE EXPANSION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34247378717     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000258827.21635.84     Document Type: Article

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