Achieving a zero percent reoperation rate at 3 years in a 50-consecutive-case augmentation mammaplasty premarket approval study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1453-1457

  Tebbetts, John B ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GEL; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEER REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; BREAST IMPLANTS; DEVICE APPROVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; SILICONE GELS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 33750238374     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000239602.99867.07     Document Type: Article

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