Perforator-Sparing Abdominoplasty Technique in the Presence of Bilateral Subcostal Scars after Gastric Bypass

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-67

  Rieger, Ulrich M ^a   Aschwanden, Markus ^a   Schmid, Dominik ^a   Kalbermatten, Daniel F ^a   Pierer, Gerhard ^a   Haug, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abdominoplasty; Obesity; Perforator; Scar

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORBID OBESITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SCAR; SKIN; STOMACH BYPASS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; CICATRIX; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34047177429     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9007-4     Document Type: Article

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