A modified technique for nipple reconstruction: The 'arrow flap'

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-251

  Rubino, Corrado ^a,b   Dessy, Luca Andrea ^a,b   Posadinu, Alma ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Local flaps; Nipple reconstruction; Projection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NIPPLE MALFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP;

EID: 0042173092     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(03)00094-8     Document Type: Article

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