Further applications of Archimedes' principle in the correction of asymmetrical breasts.
Archimedes' law of buoyancy has been extended to the preoperative bedside assessment of volume differences between breasts, whatever their cause. The simple method described has proved to be a helpful aid in surgical procedures for the correction of breast asymmetry.
Schultz
R C
RC
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago 60612.
Dolezal
R F
RF
Nolan
J
J
D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011045:Poland Syndrome / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation