Blood transfusion requirements in elective breast reconstruction surgery

Breast

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 475-478

  Al Benna, Sammy ^a   Rajgarhia, Prachi ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Breast reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 78349309978     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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