Heating-pad burn as a complication of abdominoplasty

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-53

  Özgenel Ege, Güzin Yeşim ^a   Özcan, Mesut ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdominoplasty; Complications; Heating pad; Thermal injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN SENSATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037613390     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(03)00014-6     Document Type: Article

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