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The value of non-prefixed marking in reduction mammoplasty

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The advantages of non-prefixed marking for breast reduction are discussed in this paper. The authors use a curved incision modification of the Pitanguy technique, stressing the value of changing the demarcation depending on the skin-gland relationship of each patient.

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  1. Plastic Surgery Section, Hospital de Clinicas of the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Medical School), 22050, RJ-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Claudio Cardose de Castro M. D., F. A. C. S., Reinaldo Fernandes Salema Coelho M. D. & Henrique Pessoa Ladvocat Cintra M. D.

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de Castro, C.C., Coelho, R.F.S. & Cintra, H.P.L. The value of non-prefixed marking in reduction mammoplasty. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 8, 237–241 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01570710

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