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Substantial chest-wall deformity following tissue expansion after radiotherapy

We present the case of a 54-year-old woman who underwent a two-stage breast reconstruction with a tissue expander after sustaining a lumpectomy and local radiotherapy for breast cancer. During expansion, the woman developed an abnormal concave deformity of the chest wall. Although respiratory or aes...

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Autores principales: de Wildt, Ramon P., Tuinder, Stefania, van der Hulst, René R. W. J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2837208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20234865
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00238-009-0364-1