Abdominoplasty: A comparison of outpatient and inpatient procedures shows that it is a safe and effective procedure for outpatients in an office-based surgery clinic

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 523-524

  Mustoe, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a Feinberg School of Medicine ^*

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOXACILLIN; LIDOCAINE;

ABDOMINOPLASTY; CELLULITIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; ERYTHEMA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MOBILIZATION; MORBIDITY; NOTE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT; PANNICULECTOMY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL STOCKING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33746707593     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000227618.43269.c3     Document Type: Note

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