Outcomes and patient satisfaction following breast reconstruction with bilateral pedicled TRAM flaps in 105 consecutive patients

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Chun, Yoon S ^a   Sinha, Indranil ^a   Turko, Arthur ^a   Lipsitz, Stuart ^a   Pribaz, Julian J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75149112410     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181c2a620     Document Type: Article

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