Unilateral keloid formation after bilateral breast surgery and unilateral radiation

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 320-322

  Bolke E ^a   Peiper, M ^a   Budach, Wilfried ^a   Matuschek, C ^a   Schwarz, A ^b   Orth, K ^b   Gripp, S ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KH Lindau ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Keloid prevention; Postoperative irradiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST REDUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; KELOID; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN SURGERY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; KELOID; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 34547632577     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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