The Effect of Body Mass Index and Wound Irrigation on Outcome after Bilateral Breast Reduction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 552-555

  Platt, Alastair J ^a   Mohan, D ^a   Baguley, Paul ^a  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYALURONIDASE; LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST; BREAST REDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0345492064     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000095656.18023.6b     Document Type: Article

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