Saline-filled breast implants: A Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation multicenter outcomes study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1019-1027

  Gutowski, Karol A ^a   Mesna, Gregory T ^a   Cunningham, Bruce L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SILICONE PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0030884037     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199709001-00028     Document Type: Article

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