"I" becomes "L": Modification of vertical mammaplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1860-1870

  Pallua, Norbert ^a   Ermisch, Christiane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NIPPLE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TISSUE NECROSIS; WOUND HEALING; BREAST; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037739695     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000056870.72470.A7     Document Type: Article

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