The efficacy of surgical drainage in cervicofacial rhytidectomy: A prospective, randomized, controlled trial

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 263-270

  Jones, Barry M ^a,b   Grover, Rajiv ^a   Hamilton, Stephen ^a  

^a KING EDWARD VII HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SEROMA; SKIN BRUISING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; DRAINAGE; EDEMA; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RHYTIDOPLASTY; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34250779480     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000264395.38684.5a     Document Type: Article

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