Superficial inferior epigastric vessels in the massive weight loss population: Implications for breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1621-1626

  Gusenoff, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Coon, Devin ^a,b   De La Cruz, Carolyn ^a,b   Rubin, J Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PANNUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERFICIAL INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY FLAP; VEIN DIAMETER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ABDOMEN; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BREAST TUMOR; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASTIC SURGERY; REGISTER; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; REGISTRIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 58149383164     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31818cbf80     Document Type: Article

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