Late seromas after breast implants: Theory and practice

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 423-435

  Spear, Scott L ^a,b,c   Rottman, Steven J ^a,b,c   Glicksman, Caroline ^a,b,c   Brown, Mitchell ^a,b,c   Al Attar, Ali ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Georgetown University Hospital ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST IMPLANT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROMA; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BREAST IMPLANTATION; BREAST IMPLANTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROMA;

EID: 84864966689     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182589ea9     Document Type: Review

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