Breast reduction trend among plastic surgeons: A national survey

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1312-1320

  Okoro, Stanley A ^a   Barone, Constance ^a   Bohnenblust, Mary ^a   Wang, Howard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COSMETIC; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; BREAST REDUCTION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTPATIENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; AMBULATORY SURGERY; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; LIPECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MAMMAPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGERY, PLASTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149151100     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181881dd7     Document Type: Article

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