A comparison of the lejour and wise pattern methods of breast reduction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 236-242

  Kreithen, Joshua ^a   Caffee, Hollis ^a   Rosenberg, Jason ^a   Chin, Gloria ^a   Clayman, Mark ^a   Lawson, Matthew ^a   Brent Seagle, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast reduction; Le Jour; Mammary hypertrophy; Vertical mammaplasty; Wise mammaplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST REDUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEJOUR VERTICAL REDUCTION MAMMOPLASTY; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIPPLE; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCAR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WISE PATTERN MAMMOPLASTY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAMMAPLASTY; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 14044268853     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000153085.40662.6f     Document Type: Review

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