Contributing variables to post mastectomy tissue expander infection

Breast Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 351-356

  Leyngold, Mark M ^a   Stutman, Ross L ^a   Khiabani, Kayvan T ^a   Shah, Himansu ^a   Fong, Elvis ^b   Ho, Chih Hsiang ^b   Zamboni, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

breast reconstruction; infection; mastectomy; tissue expander

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CELLULITIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CELLULITIS; FEMALE; GRAFT NECROSIS; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TISSUE EXPANSION; TISSUE EXPANSION DEVICES;

EID: 84863723120     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2012.01253.x     Document Type: Article

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