Abdominoplasty in an adult survivor of gastroschisis

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 327-329

  Pechter, Edward A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominoplasty; Congenital abdominal wall defect; Gastroschisis; Omphalocele; Umbilicus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE MALROTATION; OMPHALOCELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICUS;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROSCHISIS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33646096487     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000197636.81324.05     Document Type: Article

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