Decision making in the treatment of tuberous and tubular breasts: Volume adjustment as a crucial stage in the surgical strategy

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 482-488

  Persichetti, Paolo ^a   Cagli, Barbara ^a   Tenna, Stefania ^a   Simone, Pierfranco ^a   Marangi, Giovanni Francesco ^a   Li Vecchi, Giancarlo ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Permanent expandable implant; Tuberous breast; Tubular breast

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST MALFORMATION; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; PARENCHYMA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BREAST; BREAST IMPLANTATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY;

EID: 29744440514     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-004-0077-6     Document Type: Article

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