Composition of postabdominoplasty seroma

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 514-518

  Andrades, Patricio ^a   Prado, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Abdominoplasty; Composition; Exudate; Seroma; Transudate

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ABDOMINOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXUDATE; HUMAN; LYMPH; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUTROPHIL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA; THROMBOCYTE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; DRAINAGE; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEROMA;

EID: 34548733716     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-007-0078-3     Document Type: Article

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