Complete coverage of a tissue expander by a musculofascial pocket including the sternalis muscle during breast reconstruction |
Ishii, Naohiro
(Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tochigi Cancer Center)
Shimizu, Yusuke (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of the Ryukyus Hospital) Ando, Jiro (Department of Breast Surgery, Tochigi Cancer Center) Harao, Michiko (Department of Breast Surgery, Tochigi Cancer Center) Takemae, Masaru (Department of Breast Surgery, Tochigi Cancer Center) Kishi, Kazuo (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University) |
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