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The desire to utilize postmastectomy breast reconstruction in Saudi Arabian women

Predictors and barriers

Basim A. Awan, Osama A. Samargandi, Hattan A. Alghamdi, Anas A. Sayegh, Yasir J. Hakeem, Leena Merdad and Adnan A. Merdad
Saudi Medical Journal March 2015, 36 (3) 304-309; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.3.10688
Basim A. Awan
From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Awan, Samargandi), Plastic Surgery Unit (Sayegh, Hakeem), Department of Surgery (Alghamdi, Merdad A), Faculty of Medicine, and the Department of Dental Public Health (Merdad L), Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Osama A. Samargandi
From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Awan, Samargandi), Plastic Surgery Unit (Sayegh, Hakeem), Department of Surgery (Alghamdi, Merdad A), Faculty of Medicine, and the Department of Dental Public Health (Merdad L), Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hattan A. Alghamdi
From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Awan, Samargandi), Plastic Surgery Unit (Sayegh, Hakeem), Department of Surgery (Alghamdi, Merdad A), Faculty of Medicine, and the Department of Dental Public Health (Merdad L), Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Anas A. Sayegh
From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Awan, Samargandi), Plastic Surgery Unit (Sayegh, Hakeem), Department of Surgery (Alghamdi, Merdad A), Faculty of Medicine, and the Department of Dental Public Health (Merdad L), Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Yasir J. Hakeem
From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Awan, Samargandi), Plastic Surgery Unit (Sayegh, Hakeem), Department of Surgery (Alghamdi, Merdad A), Faculty of Medicine, and the Department of Dental Public Health (Merdad L), Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Leena Merdad
From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Awan, Samargandi), Plastic Surgery Unit (Sayegh, Hakeem), Department of Surgery (Alghamdi, Merdad A), Faculty of Medicine, and the Department of Dental Public Health (Merdad L), Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Adnan A. Merdad
From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Awan, Samargandi), Plastic Surgery Unit (Sayegh, Hakeem), Department of Surgery (Alghamdi, Merdad A), Faculty of Medicine, and the Department of Dental Public Health (Merdad L), Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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vol. 36 no. 3 304-309
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.3.10688
PubMed 
25737172

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received November 9, 2014
  • Accepted January 19, 2015
  • Published online March 1, 2015.

Copyright & Usage 
Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Basim A. Awan, MD, FRCS,
  2. Osama A. Samargandi, MD, MHSc⇑,
  3. Hattan A. Alghamdi, MD, MPH,
  4. Anas A. Sayegh, MD,
  5. Yasir J. Hakeem, MD,
  6. Leena Merdad, PhD and
  7. Adnan A. Merdad, MD, FRCS
  1. From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Awan, Samargandi), Plastic Surgery Unit (Sayegh, Hakeem), Department of Surgery (Alghamdi, Merdad A), Faculty of Medicine, and the Department of Dental Public Health (Merdad L), Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Osama A. Samargandi, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, PO Box 40047, Jeddah 21499, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel. +966 (12) 6677777 Ext. 5816. E-mail: oasamarqandi{at}kau.edu.sa
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Saudi Medical Journal Mar 2015, 36 (3) 304-309; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2015.3.10688
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