Prone positioning precautions in plastic surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1584-1588

  Shermak, Michele ^a   Shoo, Brenda ^a   Deune, E Gene ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRONE POSITION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33646834577     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000207390.76490.67     Document Type: Article

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