Supercharging the transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap: Breast reconstruction for the overweight and obese population

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 609-613

  Wu, Liza C ^a   Iteld, Lawrence ^a   Song, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD FLOW; BODY MASS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT NECROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; MASTITIS; MORBIDITY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PLASTIC SURGERY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL; COMORBIDITY; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 45549103671     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318156625b     Document Type: Article

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