Transient femoral neuropathy after abdominoplasty

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 492-493

  Pechter, Edward A ^a,b   Smith, Paige B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominoplasty; Femoral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LIPOSUCTION; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSIBILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON REFLEX; ABDOMEN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; TIME;

ABDOMEN; FEMORAL NEUROPATHY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 59449084725     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31816c5cbe     Document Type: Article

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