Determining the safety of office-based surgery: What 10 years of Florida data and 6 years of Alabama data reveal

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-177

  Starling, John ^a   Thosani, Maya K ^a   Coldiron, Brett M ^a,b  

^a Skin Cancer Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BURN; CERTIFICATION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LIPOSUCTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; OFFICE SURGICAL PROCEDURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNCOPE; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DERMATOLOGY; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 84856964061     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2011.02206.x     Document Type: Article

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