Breast sensation after breast reconstruction: A systematic review

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 303-310

  Shridharani, Sachin M ^a   Magarakis, Michael ^a   Stapleton, Sahael M ^a   Basdag, Basak ^a   Seal, Stella M ^a   Rosson, Gedge D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast innervation; Breast reconstruction; DIEP flap; Sensation; SGAP flap; TRAM flap

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST PROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONVALESCENCE; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; EMBASE; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN SENSATION; SUPERIOR GLUTEAL ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP; SURGEON; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE FLAP; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; ABDOMINAL WALL; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; NERVE TRANSFER; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SURGICAL FLAPS; THERMOSENSING; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952899101     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1249313     Document Type: Review

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