Free flap breast reconstruction consent forms should warn against the potential loss of the internal thoracic artery for coronary artery bypass grafting

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Al Benna, Sammy ^a   Steinstraesser, Lars ^a   Patani, Neill ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b London Deanery ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAMMARY ARTERY; METHODOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONSENT FORMS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MAMMARY ARTERIES;

EID: 84860782759     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31824a9e95     Document Type: Letter

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