Acellular Dermal Matrices in Breast Surgery: Tips and Pearls

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-186

  Ayeni, Olubimpe A ^a   Ibrahim, Ahmed M S ^a   Lin, Samuel J ^a   Slavin, Sumner A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acellular dermal matrices; Breast reconstruction; Surgical techniques

Indexed keywords

ACELLULAR DERMAL MATRIX; BIOMECHANICS; BREAST MALFORMATION; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST REDUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; COMPOSITE SKIN GRAFT; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HUMAN; IMPLANT CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE; MASTECTOMY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MATERIALS TESTING; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84859324269     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: 15580504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2012.02.003     Document Type: Review

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