Reduction mammaplasty and sensitivity of the nipple-areola complex: Sensuality versus sexuality?

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-11

  Kuzbari, Rafic ^a   Schlenz, I ^a  

^a Wilhelminenspital ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Breast; Nerve supply; Reduction mammaplasty; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; NIPPLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; NIPPLES; SENSATION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 33846021279     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000250648.70177.4a     Document Type: Article

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