Successful prosthetic breast reconstruction after radiation therapy

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 527-531

  Percec, Ivona ^a   Bucky, Louis P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast reconstruction; Implant reconstruction; Prosthesis; Radiation therapy; Tissue expander

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HEALING; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPLANT EXPOSURE; INFECTION; IRRADIATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA;

BREAST IMPLANTATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 42549094041     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318172f5fc     Document Type: Conference Paper

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