Impact of complications on patient satisfaction in breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1428-1436

  Colakoglu, Salih ^a   Khansa, Ibrahim ^a   Curtis, Michael S ^a   Yueh, Janet H ^a   Ogunleye, Adeyemi ^a   Haewyon, Carin ^a   Tobias, Adam M ^a   Lee, Bernard T ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BREAST IMPLANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE EXPANSION DEVICES;

EID: 79955022834     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318208d0d4     Document Type: Article

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