The safety of pelvic surgery in the morbidly obese with and without combined panniculectomy: A comparison of results

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-13

  Hardy, James E ^a   Salgado, Christopher J ^a   Matthews, Martha S ^a   Chamoun, George ^a   Fahey, A Leilani ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Body contouring surgery; Morbidly obese; Panniculectomy; Pelvic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTESTINE SURGERY; MORBID OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANNICULECTOMY; PELVIS SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL FAT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39849094796     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318058ad7d     Document Type: Article

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