Outcome following removal of infected tissue expanders in breast reconstruction: A 10-year experience

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-136

  Halvorson, Eric G ^a   Disa, Joseph J ^a   Mehrara, Babak J ^a   Burkey, Brooke A ^a   Pusic, Andrea L ^a   Cordeiro, Peter G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; Delayed; Expansion; Explantation; Infection; Outcome; Radiation; Radiotherapy; Removal; Secondary; Tissue expander

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFECTION RISK; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TISSUE EXPANSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE EXPANDERS;

EID: 34547665111     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000252716.73356.68     Document Type: Article

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