Quilting suture in the donor site of the transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap in breast reconstruction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 240-243

  Rossetto, Luís A ^a   Garcia, Elvio B ^a   Abla, Luis F ^a   Neto, Miguel S ^a   Ferreira, Lydia M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdomen surgery; Drainage; Postoperative complications; Surgical flaps

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; ABDOMINAL WALL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 65349178943     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318180c8e2     Document Type: Article

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