Complications in dermatologic surgery: How safe is safe?

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-214

  Aasi, Sumaira Z ^a   Leffell, David J ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; THROMBOCYTE SLOWING FACTOR; WARFARIN;

ALLERGIC REACTION; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BURN; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL SURGERY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIPOSUCTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; NERVE PARALYSIS; OPERATING ROOM; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SAFETY; SEDATION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL RISK;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOHS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037319927     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.2.213     Document Type: Editorial

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