Abdominoplasty, liposuction of the flanks, and obesity: Analyzing risk factors for seroma formation

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 773-779

  Kim, James ^a   Stevenson, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOSUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND; ABDOMEN; LIPECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THIGH;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROMA; THIGH;

EID: 33645743591     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000200056.57357.3f     Document Type: Article

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