Analysis of breast reduction complications derived from the BRAVO study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1597-1604

  Cunningham, Bruce L ^a   Gear, Andrew J L ^a   Kerrigan, Carolyn L ^a   Collins, E Dale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BREAST REDUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROMA; SHORT FORM 36; SKIN INCISION; SMOKING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMAPLASTY; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 18044395139     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000160695.33457.DB     Document Type: Article

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