Measurement of breast volume with thermoplastic casts

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-132

  Edsander Nord, Åsa ^a   Wickman, Marie ^a   Jurell, Göran ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast volume; Cast system; Thermoplastic; TRAM flap

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASTECTOMY; MEASUREMENT; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NORMAL HUMAN; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0029891669     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02844319609056394     Document Type: Article

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