Review of the liposuction, abdominoplasty, and face-lift mortality and morbidity risk literature

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 7 PART I, 2005, Pages 733-743

  Yoho, Robert A ^a,b   Romaine, Jeremy J ^b   O'Neil, Deborah ^c  

^a KING DREW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Rowett Research Institute ^*  (United States)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; BREAST AUGMENTATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPOSUCTION; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHYTIDOPLASTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; ABDOMINAL WALL; LIPECTOMY; MORTALITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RISK; STATISTICS;

ABDOMINAL WALL; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RHYTIDOPLASTY; RISK;

EID: 23344434715     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2005.31701     Document Type: Review

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