Reduction mammaplasty by the inferior pedicle technique: An alternative to free nipple and areola grafting for severe macromastia or extreme ptosis

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1977, Pages 500-507

  Courtiss, Eugene H ^a   Goldwyn, Robert M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST HYPERTROPHY; BREAST PTOSIS; BREAST REDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; THERAPY;

BREAST; FEMALE; FLUORESCEINS; HUMAN; NIPPLES; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0017343081     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-197759040-00004     Document Type: Article

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