Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 5 , Pages 503-508 , May 2007

Prospective analysis of psychosocial outcomes after breast reconstruction: Cross-cultural comparisons of 1-year postoperative results

  • M.H. Mullan

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan Health System, Division of Plastic Surgery, 2130 Taubman Center, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0340, USA
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  • E.G. Wilkins

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan Health System, Division of Plastic Surgery, 2130 Taubman Center, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0340, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 734 936 5890; fax: +1 734 763 5354.
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  • S. Goldfarb

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan Health System, Division of Plastic Surgery, 2130 Taubman Center, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0340, USA
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  • J.C. Lowery

      Affiliations

    • VA Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • D.M. Smith

      Affiliations

    • VA Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • M. Wickman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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  • K. Sandelin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Sciences, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Received 18 May 2005 ,Accepted 19 October 2005.

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☆ Work presented at the 12th Congress of The European Society of Surgical Oncology, Lille, France, April 2002.

PII: S1748-6815(06)00638-3

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.10.033

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 5 , Pages 503-508 , May 2007

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