Optimizing body contour in massive weight loss patients: The modified vertical abdominoplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1917-1923

  Da Costa, Luiz Fernando ^a,b,c   Landecker, Alan ^a,b   Manta, Anísio Marinho ^a,b  

^a Ipanema Hospital ^*

^b Glaucoma and Cataract Sector   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODIFIED VERTICAL ABDOMINOPLASTY; MORBID OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SKIN INCISION; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL HERNIA; UMBILICUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 14944374070     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000142997.63346.95     Document Type: Article

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