Lighted retractor-assisted transaxillary approach in gynecomastia correction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 370-373

  Yavuz, Metin ^a   Kesiktas, Erol ^a,b   Kesiktas, Naile Nüket ^a   Acartürk, Sabri ^a  

^a Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery ^*  (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gynecomastia; Lighted retractor; Transaxillary approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISSECTION; EXCISION; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOMASTIA; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; KELOID; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRACTOR; SCAR; SEROMA; SIMON CLASSIFICATION; SUCTION DRAINAGE; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORAX DEFORMITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AXILLA; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMAPLASTY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749017614     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000222567.04635.3b     Document Type: Article

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