Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 4 , Pages 655-662 , April 2010

Preserving the neurovascular supply in the Hall-Findlay superomedial pedicle breast reduction: an anatomical study

Received 4 November 2008 ,Accepted 5 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.01.014

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 4 , Pages 655-662 , April 2010

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