A prospective assessment of shoulder morbidity and recovery time scales following latissimus dorsi breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1334-1340

  Glassey, Nicole ^a   Perks, Graeme B ^a   McCulley, Stephen J ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; INFORMATION; JOINT FUNCTION; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; STRENGTH; SURGEON; BACK; FEMALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; BACK; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 58149161569     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181881ffe     Document Type: Article

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