Effective breast reconstruction in female veterans

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 198, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 658-663

  Leong, Mimi ^a,b   Chike Obi, Chuma J ^b   Basu, C Bob ^c   Lee, Edward I ^b   Albo, Daniel ^a   Netscher, David T ^a,b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Institute of Advanced Breast Reconstruction   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; Female veterans; Multidisciplinary teams

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VETERAN;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 71749118845     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.07.020     Document Type: Article

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