Increasing age impairs outcomes in breast reduction surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1182-1187

  Shermak, Michele A ^a,b,c   Chang, David ^a,b   Buretta, Kate ^a,b   Mithani, Suhail ^a,b   Mallalieu, Jessie ^a,b   Manahan, Michele ^a,b  

^a Division of Plastic Surgery   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c Plastic Surgery Center of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855161467     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318230c467     Document Type: Article

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