Outcome of mammary prostheses explantation: A patient perspective

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 594-600

  Svahn, Jennifer K ^a   Vastine, Victoria L ^a   Landon, Bruce N ^a   Dobke, Marek K ^a,b  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST PROSTHESIS; COGNITION; EMOTION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTALGIA; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCAR FORMATION; SEROMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029935798     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199606000-00006     Document Type: Article

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