Randomized clinical trial of the effect of quilting latissimus dorsi flap donor site on seroma formation

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 825-830

  Daltrey, I ^a   Thomson, H ^a   Hussien, M ^a   Krishna, K ^a   Rayter, Z ^a   Winters, Z E ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SEROMA; SHOULDER; SKIN NECROSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SUTURE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEROMA; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745806190     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5434     Document Type: Article

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