Breast cancer reconstruction in the elderly

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1640-1643

  Howard McNatt, Marissa ^a   Forsberg, Clay ^a   Levine, Edward A ^a   DeFranzo, Anthony ^a   Marks, Malcolm ^a   David, Lisa ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFECTION RATE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE EXPANSION DEVICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83755183095     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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