Reduction mammaplasty improves symptoms of macromastia

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 1270-1276

  Gonzalez, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; BREAST REDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERTRIGO; NECK PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; BREAST; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAMMAPLASTY; NECK; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER;

EID: 0027278305     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199306000-00013     Document Type: Article

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