Sensibility of the abdomen after abdominoplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 577-582

  Farah, Andréia Bufoni ^a,b   Nahas, Fabio Xerfan ^a,b   Ferreira, Lydia Masako ^a,b   De Arimatéia Mendes, José ^a,b   Juliano, Yara ^a,b  

^a Hospital Jaraguá ^*

^b Federal University of Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; NOCICEPTION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSIBILITY; SKIN INCISION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INJURY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; THERMAL STIMULATION; INNERVATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SKIN; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

EID: 4344578725     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000128356.93462.7B     Document Type: Article

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