Long-term advantages of permanent expandable implants in breast aesthetic surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1964-1972

  Berrino, Pietro ^a   Casabona, Francesco ^a   Santi, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST IMPLANTATION; BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; TISSUE EXPANDERS;

EID: 0031745143     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199806000-00030     Document Type: Article

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