Late complication of abdominoplasty in an obese patient: Systemic inflammatory response syndrome and seroma [8]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1568-1571

  Kargi, Eksal ^a,c   Akduman, Deniz ^a   Dokuzǧuz, Başak ^a   Özkoçak, Işil ^a   Tuncel, Asuman ^b   Deren, Orgun ^b   Erdoǧan, Bülent ^b  

^a Zonguldak Karalemas University   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Zonguldak Karaelmas Universitesi Tip Fakultesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAUNDICE; LETTER; LIPODYSTROPHY; NAUSEA; OBESITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROMA; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 0037375547     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200304010-00044     Document Type: Letter

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