The effect of weight loss surgery and body mass index on wound complications after abdominal contouring operations

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-242

  Greco, Joseph A ^a   Castaldo, Eric T ^a   Nanney, Lillian B ^a,b   Wendel, J Jason ^a   Summitt, J Blair ^a   Kelly, Kevin J ^a   Braun, Stephane A ^a   Hagan, Kevin F ^a   Shack, R Bruce ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal contouring; ASA class; Body mass index; Weight loss surgery; Wound complications

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PANNICULECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROMA; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERAPY EFFECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ABDOMINAL WALL; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; STATISTICS; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROMA; SMOKING; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 53149092488     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318166d351     Document Type: Article

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