Vertical versus wise pattern breast reduction: Patient satisfaction, revision rates, and complications

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1573-1578

  Cruz Korchin, Norma ^a,b   Korchin, Leo ^a,b  

^a Univ of Puerto Rico Sch of Med ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; BREAST REDUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR; SEROMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION;

EID: 0642282233     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000086736.61832.33     Document Type: Article

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