Breast reconstruction and lymphedema

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-23

  Chang, David W ^a   Kim, Sugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADULT; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAMMAPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75149132711     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181c49477     Document Type: Article

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