Salvage of tissue expander in the setting of mastectomy flap necrosis: A 13-year experience using timed excision with continued expansion

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 356-363

  Antony, Anuja K ^a   Mehrara, Babak M ^a   McCarthy, Colleen M ^a   Zhong, Toni ^a   Kropf, Nina ^a   Disa, Joseph J ^a   Pusic, Andrea ^a   Cordeiro, Peter G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPLANT; GRAFT NECROSIS; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INCIDENCE; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ONCOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; NECROSIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE EXPANSION; TISSUE EXPANSION DEVICES;

EID: 69249158191     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181aee9a3     Document Type: Article

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