Focus on the breast fascial system: A new approach for inframammary fold reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1034-1045

  Nava, Maurizio ^a,c   Quattrone, Pasquale ^b   Riggio, Egidio ^b  

^a Institute Nazionale per Studio e la Cura Dei Tumori ^*

^b Institute Nazionale per Studio e la Cura Dei Tumori

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031669139     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199809020-00018     Document Type: Article

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