Breast reconstruction with microvascular MS-TRAM and DIEP flaps

Archives of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-10

  Chang, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Free tissue flaps; Mammaplasty; Mastectomy

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CHEMOTHERAPY; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; DONOR SITE; FAT NECROSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LIPOSUCTION; MUSCLE SPARING TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SMOKING; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 84864740634     PISSN: 22346163     EISSN: 22346171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5999/aps.2012.39.1.3     Document Type: Article

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