The vertical mammaplasty: A reappraisal of the technique and its complications

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2192-2199

  Berthe, Jean Valéry ^b   Massaut, Jacques ^b   Greuse, Muriel ^b   Coessens, Bruno ^b   De Mey, Albert ^a  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; LIPOSUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN SCAR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTICAL MAMMAPLASTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CICATRIX; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0037982423     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000062621.83706.88     Document Type: Article

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