Is it justified to refuse breast reduction to smokers?

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1050-1054

  Bikhchandani, J ^a   Varma, S K ^a   Henderson, H P ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast reduction; Reduction mammaplasty; Smoking; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST REDUCTION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROMA; SKIN NECROSIS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; REFUSAL TO TREAT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34447626966     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.01.073     Document Type: Article

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