Modern use of smartphone applications in the perioperative management in microsurgical breast reconstruction

Gland Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 150-157

  Patel, Nakul Gamanlal ^a   Rozen, Warren Matthew ^a,b   Marsh, Daniel ^c   Chow, Whitney T H ^a   Vickers, Tobias ^a   Khan, Lubna ^a   Miller, George S ^b   Hunter Smith, David J ^b   Ramakrishnan, Venkat V ^a  

^a BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Android; App; Breast reconstruction; Free flap; IPhone; Microsurgical; Smartphone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999749716     PISSN: 2227684X     EISSN: 22278575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2227-684X.2016.02.02     Document Type: Article

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