A prospective quantitative comparison of breast sensation after superior and inferior pedicle mammaplasty

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-42

  Hamdi, Moustapha ^a,c   Greuse, Muriel ^a   DeMey, Albert ^a   Webster, Martyn H C ^b  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b CANNIESBURN PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breast reduction; Inferior pedicle; Mammaplasty; Quantitative sensory testing; Sensation; Superior pedicle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST REDUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NIPPLE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKIN SCAR; SKIN SENSATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 0035168221     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.2000.3456     Document Type: Article

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