Risk factors for mastectomy flap necrosis following immediate tissue expander breast reconstruction

Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 322-326

  Mlodinow, Alexei S ^a   Fine, Neil A ^a   Khavanin, Nima ^a   Kim, John Y S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; Mastectomy flap necrosis; Risk factors; Smoking; Tissue expander; Tumescent technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME; TISSUE EXPANDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE EXPANSION DEVICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907097844     PISSN: 2000656X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/2000656X.2014.884973     Document Type: Article

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