Nipple reconstruction: The top hat technique

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-246

  Gamboa Bobadilla, G Mabel ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; Nipple reconstruction; Top hat technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCISION; NIPPLE; NIPPLE AREOLA RECONSTRUCTION; NIPPLE RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIPPLES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 14044256606     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000153080.72286.27     Document Type: Article

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