Abdominal wall strength: A matched-pair analysis comparing muscle-sparing tRAM flap donor-site morbidity with the effects of abdominoplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1454-1459

  Momeni, Arash ^a   Kim, Rebecca Y ^b   Heier, Mathias ^b   Bannasch, Holger ^b   Stark, G Björn ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 78650130724     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181ef904b     Document Type: Article

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