The volume-outcome relationship for immediate breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-24

  Tanna, Neil ^a   Clayton, John L ^a   Roostaeian, Jason ^a   Perry, Adam D ^a   Crisera, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TISSUE EXPANSION;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 84555217986     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31821e70ff     Document Type: Article

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