Avoiding free nipple grafting with the inferior pedicle technique

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-249

  Gerzenshtein, J ^a   Oswald, T ^a   McCluskey, P ^a   Caplan, J ^a   Angel, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Free nipple graft; Inferior pedicle technique; Reduction mammaplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; BREAST REDUCTION; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIPPLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; NIPPLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 24044492881     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000174363.04135.b9     Document Type: Article

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