Are Pfannenstiel scars a boon or a curse for DIEP flap breast reconstructions?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 797-805

  Mahajan, Ajay L ^b   Zeltzer, Assaf ^b   Claes, Karel E Y ^b   Van Landuyt, Koenraad ^b   Hamdi, Moustapha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; SCAR; VASCULARIZATION;

CICATRIX; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 84859422442     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182450a8f     Document Type: Article

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