Perfusion-related complications are similar for DIEP and muscle-sparing free TRAM flaps harvested on medial or lateral deep inferior epigastric artery branch perforators for breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Garvey, Patrick B ^a   Salavati, Seroos ^a   Feng, Lei ^a   Butler, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81855177191     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318230c122     Document Type: Article

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