Surgical technique: The intercostal space approach to the internal mammary vessels in 463 microvascular breast reconstructions

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-62

  Darcy, Catharine M ^a   Smit, Jeroen M ^a   Audolfsson, Thorir ^a   Acosta, Rafael ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; DIEP flap; Exposure; Intercostal space; Internal mammary vessels; Microvascular; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTA SPACE APPROACH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMARY ARTERY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB CARTILAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; MAMMAPLASTY; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MASTECTOMY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RIBS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650419089     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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