Ultrasound-assisted lipoplasty: A clinical study of 250 consecutive patients

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 189-202

  Maxwell, G Patrick ^a   Gingrass, Mary K ^a,b  

^a Baptist Hospital Nashville   (United States)

^b Baptist Medical Plaza II ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OBESITY; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0031962479     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199801000-00034     Document Type: Article

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