Refinements of vertical scar mammaplasty: Circumvertical skin excision design with limited inferior pole subdermal undermining and liposculpture of the inframammary crease

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 519-531

  Atiyeh, Bishara S ^a,b   Rubeiz, Michel T ^a   Hayek, Shady N ^a  

^a American University of Beirut Medical Center ^*

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Circumvertical mammaplasty; Reduction mammaplasty; Vertical scar mammaplasty

Indexed keywords

BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST REDUCTION; CIRCUMVERTICAL MAMMAPLASTY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HISTORY; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SKINFOLD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTICAL SCAR MAMMAPLASTY;

CICATRIX; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MAMMAPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKIN;

EID: 29744447101     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-005-0093-1     Document Type: Review

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