Assessment of advanced age as a risk factor in microvascular breast reconstruction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-259

  Chang, Eric I ^a   Vaca, Luis ^a   Dalio, Andrew L ^a   Festekjian, Jaco H ^a   Crisera, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced age; breast reconstruction; complications; Microvascular free tissue transfer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052029517     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181f9b20c     Document Type: Article

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