Brachioplasty and concomitant procedures after massive weight loss: A statistical analysis from a prospective registry

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 595-603

  Gusenoff, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Coon, Devin ^a,b   Rubin, J Peter ^a,b  

^a Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARM MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRACHIOPLASTY; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LIPOSUCTION; LOWER BODY LIFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTOPEXY; NERVE INJURY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROMA; SEX RATIO; SKIN SURGERY; STOMACH BYPASS; UPPER BODY LIFT; VERTICAL MEDICAL THIGHPLASTY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; ARM; BODY MASS INDEX; CICATRIX; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 67651228086     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31817d54a9     Document Type: Article

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