Outcomes after breast reduction: Does size really matter?

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 505-509

  Spector, Jason A ^a   Singh, Sunil P ^b   Karp, Nolan S ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast reduction; Health insurance; Macromastia; Macromastia associated symptoms; Mastopexy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; BREAST REDUCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHOULDER PAIN;

ADULT; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAMMAPLASTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42549096041     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31816f76b5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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