Radiofrequency volumetric reduction for masseteric hypertrophy

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-52

  Jin Park, Young ^a   Woo Jo, Yong ^b   Bang, Sa Ik ^b   Kim, Hyung Joon ^b   Lim, So Young ^b   Mun, Goo Hyun ^b   Hyon, Won Sok ^b   Oh, Kap Sung ^b  

^a Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hypertrophy; Masseter; Radiofrequency; RF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MOUTH; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; THICKNESS; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33846839492     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-006-0151-3     Document Type: Article

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