Skin graft failure is predicted by waist-hip ratio: A marker for metabolic syndrome

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 118-120

  Penington, Anthony J ^a   Morrison, Wayne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Metabolic syndrome X; Skin transplantation; Waist hip ratio; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HEAD; HUMAN; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NECK; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN GRAFT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33846884167     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03989.x     Document Type: Article

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