A prospective study comparing the functional impact of SIEA, DIEP, and muscle-sparing free TRAM flaps on the abdominal wall: Part I. Unilateral reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1142-1153

  Selber, Jesse C ^a   Nelson, Jonas ^b   Fosnot, Joshua ^b   Goldstein, Jesse ^b   Bergey, Meredith ^b   Sonnad, Seema S ^b   Serletti, Joseph M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958573023     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181f02520     Document Type: Article

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