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Studies from Northwestern University add new findings in the area of health and medicine
Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, September 5th, 2010
Scientists discuss in 'Superior pedicle autoaugmentation mastopexy: a review of 34 consecutive patients' new findings in health and medicine. According to a study from the United States, "The ptotic breast deformity results from two synergistic forces: involution of breast parenchyma leading to a loss of volume, along with a converse laxity of the skin envelope, which becomes inelastic and accommodating. As the breast tissue descends inferiorly on the chest wall with gravity, there is an apparent volume loss in the upper pole and the central breast, and the lower pole becomes fuller and often wider."
"The authors propose a technique whereby the superior pedicle vertical...
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