Improved safety of autologous breast reconstruction surgery by stabilisation of microsurgical vessel anastomoses using fibrin sealant in 349 free DIEP or fascia-muscle-sparing (fms)-TRAM flaps: A two-centre study

Breast

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 492-498

  Andree, Christoph ^a   Munder, Beatrix I J ^a   Behrendt, Philipp ^a   Hellmann, Simone ^a   Audretsch, Werner ^a   Voigt, Matthias ^a   Reis, Christoph ^a   Beckmann, Matthias W ^b   Horch, Raymund E ^b   Bach, Alexander D ^b  

^a SANA KLINIKUM OFFENBACH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Breast reconstruction; DIEP; Fibrin sealant; Stabilisation; TRAM

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP;

EID: 53149135810     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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