Choosing the superomedial pedicle for reduction mammaplasty in gigantomastia

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 735-739

  Landau, Alex G ^a   Hudson, Don A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; BREAST REDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIPPLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BREAST; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; HYPERTROPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 40549110660     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000299297.20908.66     Document Type: Article

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