Transaxillary subpectoral augmentation mammaplasty: A single surgeon's 20-year experience

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 781-801

  Huang, Georgeanna J ^a   Wichmann, Julian L ^b   Mills, Dan C ^c  

^a Goethe Medical School ^*

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast augmentation; Mammaplasty; Subpectoral placement; Transaxillary approach

Indexed keywords

SILICONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SILICONE GEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMPLANT CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSAXILLARY SUBPECTORAL AUGMENTATION MAMMAPLASTY; ARTICLE; AXILLA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AXILLA; BREAST IMPLANTATION; BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; IMPLANT CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONE GELS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855730701     PISSN: 1090820X     EISSN: 1527330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090820X11416936     Document Type: Review

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