Correlation between complication rate and patient satisfaction in abdominoplasty

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-6

  Momeni, Arash ^a   Heier, Mathias ^a   Torio Padron, Nestor ^a   Penna, Vincenzo ^a   Bannasch, Holger ^a   Stark, Björn G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominoplasty; Complication rate; CSQ 8; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65949095008     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318174f973     Document Type: Article

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