Skin banking closure technique in immediate autologous breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1133-1136

  Liao, Eric C ^a   Labow, Brian I ^a   May Jr , James W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BODY MASS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN FLAP; SKIN NECROSIS; SMOKING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; WOUND CLOSURE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TATTOOING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34848854886     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000279144.50653.5a     Document Type: Article

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