Etiopathogenesis and treatment of breast capsular contracture;Etiopatogenia e tratamento da contractura capsular mamária

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 737-745

  Pereira Leite, Luís ^a   Correia Sá, Inês ^b   Marques, Marisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Breast implants; Implant capsular contracture; Mammaplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST IMPLANT; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CAPSULOTOMY; IMPLANT CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE; SURGERY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN;

BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLANT CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE;

EID: 84891526150     PISSN: 0870399X     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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