Breast reconstruction with flaps from the lower abdomen

European Surgery - Acta Chirurgica Austriaca

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 216-226

  Farhadi, Jian ^a   Pierer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; DIEP; Perforator flap; SIEA; Skin flap necrosis; TRAM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SKIN FLAP; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 34848898707     PISSN: 16821769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10353-007-0350-4     Document Type: Article

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