Reduction mammaplasty: The need for prospective randomized studies

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 436-437

  Iwuagwu, Obi C ^a   Stanley, Paul W ^a   Platt, Alastair J ^a   Drew, Philip J ^a,b  

^a Castle Hill Hospital ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; BREAST REDUCTION; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 1242309447     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000097504.58874.3D     Document Type: Editorial

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