Methylene Blue Dye-Induced Skin Necrosis in Immediate Breast Reconstruction: Evaluation and Management

Background For early breast cancer patients, skin-sparing mastectomy or nipple-sparing mastectomy with sentinel lymph node biopsy has become the mainstream treatment for immediate breast reconstruction in possible cases. However, a few cases of skin necrosis caused by methylene blue dye (MBD) used f...

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Main Authors: Ji Hwan Lee, Choong Hyun Chang, Chan Heun Park, June-Kyu Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2014-05-01
Series:Archives of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.5999/aps.2014.41.3.258