Reduced incidence of breast cancer-related lymphedema following mastectomy and breast reconstruction versus mastectomy alone

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1169-1178

  Card, Annika ^a   Crosby, Melissa A ^a,b   Liu, Jun ^a   Lindstrom, Wayne A ^a   Lucci, Anthony ^a   Chang, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Plastic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870902146     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31826d0faa     Document Type: Article

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