Economic implications of recent trends in U.S. Immediate autologous breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 463-470

  Albornoz, Claudia R ^a   Cordeiro, Peter G ^a   Mehrara, Babak J ^a   Pusic, Andrea L ^a   McCarthy, Colleen M ^a   Disa, Joseph J ^a   Matros, Evan ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MICROSURGERY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MICROSURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897796573     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000000039     Document Type: Article

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