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Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2/2006

01-04-2006 | Discussion

Chest Wall Contouring for Female-to-Male Transsexuals: A Personal Technique

Author: Doo Byung Yang, M.D.

Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery | Issue 2/2006

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Dr. Takayanagi and his colleague have addressed an issue that has long been a difficult and uncommon problem in the practice of plastic surgery. Among transsexuals, there is increasing body reshaping such as penile reconstruction and mastectomy in female-to-male transsexuals as well as breast augmentation and vaginal reconstruction in male-to-female transsexuals. This article addresses the difficult problem of correcting the chest wall for female-to-male transsexuals. The authors describe a very useful chest wall contouring method used for 23 transsexuals. …
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Metadata
Title
Chest Wall Contouring for Female-to-Male Transsexuals: A Personal Technique
Author
Doo Byung Yang, M.D.
Publication date
01-04-2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery / Issue 2/2006
Print ISSN: 0364-216X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5241
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-006-0002-2

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