Schultz R C, Dolezal R F, Nolan J
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago 60612.
Ann Plast Surg. 1986 Feb;16(2):98-101. doi: 10.1097/00000637-198602000-00003.
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.