Circular belt lipectomy: A retrospective follow-up study on perioperative complications and cosmetic outcome

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 459-464

  Van Huizum, Martine A ^a   Roche, Nathalie A ^a   Hofer, Stefan O P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdominoplasty; Circular belt lipectomy; Complications; Cosmetic

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINOPLASTY; ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CIRCULAR BELT LIPECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LIPECTOMY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 17644380254     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000155275.76486.ca     Document Type: Article

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