An infiltration technique for reduction mammaplasty: Results in 192 consecutive breasts

Acta Chirurgiae Plasticae

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 103-106

  O'Donoghue, J M ^a,b   Chaubal, N D ^a   Haywood, R M ^a   Rickard, R ^a   Desai, S N ^a  

^a STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast; Local anaesthesia; Reduction mammaplasty

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOSUCTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BREAST; DISSECTION; DRAINAGE; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LIDOCAINE; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0033374466     PISSN: 00015423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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