Guidelines and indications for breast implant capsulectomy

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 884-891

  Young, V Leroy ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for Dermatologic and Cosmetic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST SURGERY; HUMAN; MASTITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031695882     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199809010-00043     Document Type: Article

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