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BREAST AUGMENTATION [1 record]

Record 1 2007-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
DEF

A surgical procedure to increase breast size ... by placement of a breast implant.

OBS

The first time a breast implant is placed to increase breast size, it is called primary augmentation. All subsequent times the implant is replaced, it is called revision-augmentation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
DEF

Acte chirurgical destiné à augmenter le volume des seins par implantation de prothèses.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cirugía
DEF

Cirugía de los senos cuya finalidad es aumentar los mismos por medio de la inserción de una prótesis o implante.

CONT

El aumento del tamaño de los senos es una de las cirugías con propósitos estéticos más frecuentemente realizada. Consiste en aplicar detrás de la glándula mamaria prótesis o implantes a través de una incisión o herida pequeña, siendo conocida con el nombre técnico de mamoplastia de aumento.

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