Breast reduction: Does the tumescent technique affect reimbursement?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 693-700

  Kaplan, Jonathan L ^a   Rotemberg, Sylvia ^a   Yetman, Randall ^a   Boggs, Olivia ^a   Bena, James F ^a   Tang, Anne S ^a   Meisler, Eileen ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BREAST REDUCTION; CAUTERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REIMBURSEMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMESCENT TECHNIQUE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MAMMAPLASTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52049104264     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181823755     Document Type: Article

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