Oncoplastic breast surgery: Past, present, and future directions in the United States

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 969-972

  Losken, Albert ^a   Nahabedian, Maurice Y ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARE; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISSECTION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INCIDENCE; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PATHOLOGIST; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; STANDARD; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349289917     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181b038ec     Document Type: Short Survey

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