Reducing seroma in outpatient abdominoplasty: Analysis of 516 consecutive cases

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 418-425

  Antonetti, John W ^a   Antonetti, Alfred R ^a  

^a Department of Private Practice ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

abdominoplasty; outpatient; progressive tension suture; seroma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA; SUTURING METHOD; ABDOMEN; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROMA; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955039269     PISSN: 1090820X     EISSN: 1527330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090820X10372048     Document Type: Article

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