Refinement of the central pedicle breast reduction by application of the ligamentous suspension

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1400-1410

  Würinger, Elisabeth ^a  

^a WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST REDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; INNERVATION; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 17644431860     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199904020-00008     Document Type: Article

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