Breast reconstruction using permanent BeckerTM expander implants: An 18 year experience

Breast

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 764-768

  Goh, S C J ^a   Thorne, A L ^a   Williams, G ^a   Laws, S A M ^a   Rainsbury, R M ^a  

^a ROYAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Becker; Breast implant; Breast reconstruction; Permanent expander

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TISSUE EXPANDER; GRANULOMA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN NECROSIS;

EID: 84869223986     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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