Prospective study of outcomes after reduction mammaplasty: Long-term follow-up

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 351-358

  O'Blenes, Catherine A E ^a   Delbridge, Catherine L ^a   Miller, Brian J ^a   Pantelis, Andreou ^a   Morris, Steven F ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST REDUCTION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33644871331     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000201493.76256.65     Document Type: Article

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