Improving safety and aesthetic results in inverted T scar breast reduction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 874-889

  Hidalgo, David A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; BREAST REDUCTION; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIPPLE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032976096     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199903000-00015     Document Type: Article

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