Changes in body image and health-related quality of life following breast reduction surgery in German macromastia patients: A new tool for measuring body image changes

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 364-370

  Borkenhagen, Ada ^a,d   Röhricht, Frank ^b   Preiß, Simone ^c   Schneider, Wolfgang ^c   Brähler, Elmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body image; Health related quality of life; Reduction mammaplasty; Self esteem; Surgery outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; BREAST REDUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34147122768     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000239840.62931.52     Document Type: Article

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