Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 61, Issue 7 , Pages 723-729 , July 2008

Taking a history in aesthetic surgery: SAGA – the surgeon's tool for patient selection

  • V.F. Blackburn
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  • A.V. Blackburn

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Braemar, Victoria Ave., Forest Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE12 8AX, UK. Tel.: +44 191 290 1551.

Received 14 June 2007 ,Accepted 8 September 2007.

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 SAGA presented in part at: The Caribbean Aesthetic Surgery Workshop in Tobago – Oct 2006 and The 20th Mediterranean Society of Plastic Surgery Meeting in Nice – April 2007.

PII: S1748-6815(08)00070-3

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.09.049

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 61, Issue 7 , Pages 723-729 , July 2008