Patient-reported outcomes following breast reconstruction surgery in a public hospital: Use of the Breast-Q questionnaire

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 1386, 2013, Pages 43-55

  Cha, Ryan ^a   Barnes, Estelle ^b   Locke, Michelle B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888157805     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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