The effectiveness of surgical and nonsurgical interventions in relieving the symptoms of macromastia

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1556-1566

  Collins, E Dale ^a,b,c,d   Kerrigan, Carolyn L ^a,b,c,d   Kim, Myra ^a,b,c,d   Lowery, Julie C ^a,b,c,d   Striplin, Dana T ^a,b,c,d   Cunningham, Bruce ^a,b,c,d   Wilkins, Edwin G ^a,b,c,d  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; CAUCASIAN; CLOTHING; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STANDARD; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0037089959     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200204150-00011     Document Type: Article

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