Risk factors for donor-site seroma formation after immediate breast reconstruction with the extended latissimus dorsi flap: A statistical analysis of 120 consecutive cases

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-147

  Jeon, Byung Joon ^a   Lee, Tae Sung ^b   Lim, So Young ^a   Pyon, Jai Kyong ^a   Mun, Goo Hyun ^a   Oh, Kap Sung ^a   Bang, Sa Ik ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b ID Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SEROMA; SURGICAL FLAPS;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEROMA; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 84863988979     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3182259337     Document Type: Article

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