Endoscopic-assisted transaxillary breast augmentation: Minimizing complications and maximizing results with improvements in patient selection and technique

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 667-673

  Kolker, Adam R ^a   Austen, William G ^b   Slavin, Sumner A ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Armpit incision; Axillary breast augmentation; Breast enlargement with endoscope; Breast implants; Endoscopic assisted breast augmentation; Transaxillary endoscopic breast augmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AXILLA; BREAST IMPLANTATION; BREAST IMPLANTS; CICATRIX; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951769320     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181d9aa3d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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