The efficacy of bilateral lower abdominal free flaps for unilateral breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-54

  Beahm, Elisabeth K ^a   Walton, Robert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SUPERFICIAL INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34250759770     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000263729.26936.31     Document Type: Review

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