Breast reconstruction with an expander prosthesis following mastectomy does not cause additional persistent pain: A nationwide cross-sectional study

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1652-1658

  Klit, Anders ^a   Mejdahl, Mathias Kvist ^a   Gärtner, Rune ^a   Elberg, Jens Jørgen ^a   Kroman, Niels ^a   Andersen, Kenneth Geving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node dissection; Breast cancer; Breast implant; Breast reconstruction; Persistent pain; Tissue expansion

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST IMPLANT; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TISSUE EXPANDER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TISSUE EXPANSION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84888646219     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2013.07.015     Document Type: Article

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