Complications of long operations: A prospective study of morbidity associated with prolonged operative time (> 6 h)

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-36

  Fogarty, B J ^a   Khan, K ^a   Ashall, G ^a   Leonard, A G ^a  

^a ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications of surgery; Microsurgery; Sepsis; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0033030607     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1998.3019     Document Type: Article

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