Patterns and correlates of postmastectomy breast reconstruction by U.S. plastic surgeons: Results from a national survey

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1796-1803

  Alderman, Amy K ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Atisha, Dunya ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Streu, Rachel ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Salem, Barbara ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Gay, Ashley ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Abrahamse, Paul ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Hawley, Sarah T ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a Section of Plastic Surgery   (United States)

^b Department of General Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f VA Ann Arbor Center for Clinical Management Research   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, PLASTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955669975     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31820cf183     Document Type: Article

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