Liposuction-assisted posterior brachioplasty: Technical refinements in upper arm contouring

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1365-1369

  Nguyen, Alexander T ^a   Rohrich, Rod J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPECTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARM; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77958524877     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181ebe23c     Document Type: Article

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