Reduction mammaplasty: Symptoms, complications, and late results

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 281-286

  Atterhem, Hans ^a   Holmner, Staffan ^a   Janson, Per Erik ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast; Hypertrophy; Mammaplasty; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; BREAST REDUCTION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER PAIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK RESUMPTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11744331978     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844319850158615     Document Type: Article

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