Which is the best position for the remote injection dome using the adjustable expander/prosthesis in breast reconstruction? A comparative study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1629-1633

  Di Benedetto, Giovanni ^a,b,c   Aquinati, Angelica ^a,b   Santoli, Matteo ^a,b   Bertani, Aldo ^a,b  

^a Ancona University School of Medicine ^*

^b Nuovo Ospedale Regionale   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; INJECTION; INJECTION DOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BREAST AUGMENTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; IMPLANT; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TISSUE EXPANSION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST IMPLANTATION; BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TISSUE EXPANDERS; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 2442551712     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000117193.97440.CC     Document Type: Article

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