Plication of the brachial fascia: An important step in dermolipectomy procedures of the arm

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-70

  Rivera Citarella, Enzo ^a   Condé Green, Alexandra ^a   Nakamura, Fernando ^a   Pitanguy, Ivo ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

brachial fascia plication; dermolipectomy; low scarring complications; postobesity deformities

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADIPOFASCIAL FLAP; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BRACHIAL FASCIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; LIPECTOMY; LIPOSUCTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA; SKIN INCISION; SKIN SCAR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE REMOVAL; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 77954056418     PISSN: 1090820X     EISSN: 1527330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090820X09360691     Document Type: Article

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