Panniculectomy: A useful technique for the obese patient undergoing gynecological surgery

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 80-86

  Blomfield, Penelope I ^a   Le, Thao ^a   Allen, David G ^a   Planner, Robert S ^a  

^a MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER RISK; DATA ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INCISION; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PANNICULECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032127556     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1998.5043     Document Type: Article

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