Abdominoplasty flap elevation in a more superficial plane: Decreasing the need for drains

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 677-682

  Fang, Robert C ^a,b,c   Lin, Samuel J ^a,b,c   Mustoe, Thomas A ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Harvard Medical School ^*

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SEROMA; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; DRAINAGE; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEROMA; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 76949084528     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181c82f78     Document Type: Article

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