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A SURVEY OF GENERAL SURGEONS‘ ATTITUDES TOWARDS BREAST RECONSTRUCTION FOLLOWING MASTECTOMY
Author(s) -
MENDELSON BRYAN C.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1981.tb04962.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mastectomy , breast reconstruction , masking (illustration) , general surgery , breast cancer , medical physics , cancer , art , visual arts
A survey of 110 general surgeons was undertaken to assess their attitudes towards breast reconstruction following mastectomy. While the majority were in agreement in principle, evaluation of the various criticisms affecting their attitude showed a uniformity of concern over the possibility of masking local recurrences.