The transverse myocutaneous gracilis muscle flap: A fast and reliable method for breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1326-1333

  Fansa, Hisham ^a,b   Schirmer, Steffen ^a,b   Warnecke, Imke C ^a,b   Cervelli, Angelika ^a,b   Frerichs, Onno ^a,b  

^a OWL University   (Germany)

^b Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Hand Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST UNEQUALITY; CAPSULAR FIBROSIS; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; GRACILIS FLAP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPESTHESIA; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE TIGHTNESS; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN ISLAND FLAP; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THIGH; VASCULAR PEDICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA IN SITU; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST; BREAST IMPLANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH;

EID: 58149171798     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318188205f     Document Type: Article

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