Electrocautery as a factor in seroma formation following mastectomy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-11

  Porter, Kathaleen A ^a,b   O'Connor, Susan ^a   Rimm, Eric ^a   Lopez, Marvin ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROMA;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0032127662     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(98)00093-2     Document Type: Article

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