Complications of tissue expansion in a public hospital

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 396-402

  Youm, Thomas ^a   Margiotta, Michael ^a   Kasabian, Armen ^a   Karp, Nolan ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFANT; INFECTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0032947930     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199904000-00008     Document Type: Article

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