Objective improvement in upper limb lymphoedema following ipsilaterall latissimus dorsi pedicled flap breast reconstruction - A case series and review of literature

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 680-684

  Abbas Khan, Muhammad Adil ^a,b   Mohan, Arvind ^a   Hardwicke, Joseph ^a   Srinivasan, Karthikeyan ^a   Billingham, Rebecca ^a   Taylor, Christopher ^a   Prinsloo, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b 10 Harvey Lodge ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; Latissimus dorsi; Lymphoedema; Pedicled flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SURGICAL FLAPS; THORACIC WALL; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 79954417532     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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