Immediate breast reconstruction in the elderly: can it be considered an integral step of breast cancer treatment? The experience of the European Institute of Oncology, Milan

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 511-515

  De Lorenzi, Francesca ^a   Rietjens, Mario ^a   Soresina, Massimo ^a   Rossetto, Fabio ^a   Bosco, Riccardo ^a   Vento, Anna Rita ^a   Monti, Simonetta ^a   Petit, Jean Y ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; Elderly

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT NECROSIS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SUBCUTANEOUS MASTECTOMY; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75149166721     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.11.054     Document Type: Article

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