Thermal and vibratory thresholds after liposuction in patients with Dercum's disease

Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 72-76

  Hansson, Emma ^a,c   Svensson, Henry ^a   Rosén, Ingmar ^b   Brorson, Håkan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adipositas dolorosa; Dercum's disease; liposuction; sensibility

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSIS DOLOROSA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIPECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION;

ADIPOSIS DOLOROSA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THERMOSENSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION;

EID: 79955384666     PISSN: 2000656X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/2000656X.2011.561102     Document Type: Article

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