Safety and efficacy in an accredited outpatient plastic surgery facility: A review of 5316 consecutive cases

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 636-641

  Byrd, H Steve ^b   Barton, Fritz E ^b   Orenstein, Harry H ^b   Rohrich, Rod J ^a   Burns, A Jay ^b   Hobar, P Craig ^b   Haydon, M Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; AMBULATORY CARE; ANGINA PECTORIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 0042130318     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000070976.80666.50     Document Type: Review

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