Preferred use of the ipsilateral pedicled tram flap for immediate breast reconstruction: An illustrated approach

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 128-133

  Tan, Bien Keem ^a   Joethy, Janna ^a   Ong, Yee Siang ^a   Ho, Gay Hui ^b   Pribaz, Julian J ^c  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast shaping; Breast zones; Ipsilateral TRAM; Pedicle length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 84857917498     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-011-9774-0     Document Type: Article

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