The economic viability of breast reconstruction in the UK: Comparison of a single surgeon's experience of implant; LD; TRAM and DIEP based reconstructions in 274 patients

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 710-715

  Atherton, D D ^a   Hills, A J ^a   Moradi, P ^a   Muirhead, N ^a   Wood, S H ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; Cost; Economic; Implant DIEP; Latissimus dorsi; Resource

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; UNITED KINGDOM;

BREAST IMPLANTATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 79956012323     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.11.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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