Incidence of 'Incidentalomas' in over 100 consecutive CT angiograms for preoperative DIEP flap planning

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 106-110

  See, Marlene S ^a   Pacifico, Marc D ^a   Harley, Oliver J H ^a   Francis, Ian ^b   Smith, Roger W ^b   Jones, Martin E ^a  

^a QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CT; DIEP; Incidental finding; Incidentaloma; Preoperative planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTALOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 72649097711     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.08.065     Document Type: Article

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