Nipple-sparing mastectomy

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-316

  Rusby, J E ^a   Smith, B L ^b   Gui, G P H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; NECROSIS; NIPPLE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MASTECTOMY; NECROSIS; NIPPLES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76649099764     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6970     Document Type: Review

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