Inverted nipple: Use of an effective and personalized splint after surgical correction with pitanguy's technique to avoid relapse of the inversion in 28 cases

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Fabio, Caviggioli ^a   Domenico, Ventura ^a   Chiara, Andretto Amodeo ^a   Francesco, Klinger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; NIPPLE MALFORMATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPLINT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; NIPPLE;

BREAST DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NIPPLES; RECURRENCE; SPLINTS;

EID: 40549114038     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000300197.51432.33     Document Type: Letter

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