Body mass index as a predictor of postoperative complications in reduction mammaplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Chun, Yoon S ^a,b   Schwartz, Marissa A ^a,b   Gu, Xiangmei ^a,b   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^a,b   Carty, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856696458     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31823ae949     Document Type: Article

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