A formula determining resection weights for reduction mammaplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 397-400

  Descamps, Marjanne J L ^a   Landau, Alex G ^a   Lazarus, Dirk ^a   Hudson, Don A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST REDUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIPPLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HYPERTROPHY; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAMMAPLASTY; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 40749101518     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000298319.01574.02     Document Type: Article

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