The contribution of breast and abdominal pannus weight to body mass index: Implications for rationing of reduction mammaplasty and abdominoplasty

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 244-245

  Dafydd, Hywel ^a   Juma, Ali ^b   Meyers, Paul ^b   Shokrollahi, Kayvan ^a  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Countess of Chester Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominoplasty; Body mass index; Breast; Mammaplasty; Rationing; Reduction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ABDOMINAL WALL; BREAST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; ORGAN SIZE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 65349121752     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31817fe502     Document Type: Article

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