Type of skin incision and wound complications in the obese parturient

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 301-305

  McLean, Mamie ^a   Hines, Rachel ^a   Polinkovsky, Margaret ^b   Stuebe, Alison ^a   Thorp, John ^a   Strauss, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

cesarean; obesity; wound complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 84859445010     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1295637     Document Type: Article

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