The Charles procedure: Misquoted and misunderstood since 1950

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1258-1263

  Dumanian, Gregory A ^a   Futrell, J William ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; SCROTUM; SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; EPONYMS; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; PORTRAITS; SCROTUM; SURGERY;

EID: 0030341776     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199612000-00022     Document Type: Article

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