A safety net for TRAM flaps with venous congestion

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Murphy, Adrian D ^a   Conroy, Frank J ^a   Regan, Padraic J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL INSUFFICIENCY; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; FAT NECROSIS; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; MASTECTOMY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINUS MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; VENOUS CONGESTION;

FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MAMMAPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 64749103479     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.07.010     Document Type: Letter

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