Blood loss and transfusion rates in DIEP flap breast reconstruction. Introducing a new predictor

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1659-1664

  Lymperopoulos, Nikolaos S ^a   Sofos, Stratos ^a   Constantinides, Joannis ^a   Koshy, Ommen ^a   Graham, Kenneth ^a  

^a WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Breast reconstruction; DIEP; Free flap; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VENOUS CONGESTION;

EID: 84888644583     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2013.07.013     Document Type: Article

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