Effect of postoperative radiotherapy on autologous deep inferior epigastric perforator flap volume after immediate breast reconstruction

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1135-1140

  Chatterjee, J S ^a   Lee, A ^a   Anderson, W ^a   Baker, L ^a   Stevenson, J H ^a   Dewar, J A ^a   Thompson, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST VOLUME; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 70350105899     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6693     Document Type: Article

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