Use of patient body mass index as a rationing tool in breast reduction surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Tadiparthi, Sujatha ^a,b   Liew, S H ^a  

^a WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Symphony ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; BREAST REDUCTION; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN NECROSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 48049117767     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181774767     Document Type: Letter

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