Comparison of donor-site morbidity of SIEA, DIEP, and muscle-sparing TRAM flaps for breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 702-709

  Wu, Liza C ^a   Bajaj, Anureet ^a   Chang, David W ^a   Chevray, Pierre M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; DONOR SITE; ESTHETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPERFICIAL INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY FLAP; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; ABDOMEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE;

ABDOMEN; DATA COLLECTION; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 52049096685     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181823c15     Document Type: Article

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