Liposuction of the arm concurrent with brachioplasty in the massive weight loss patient: Is it safe?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 357-365

  Bossert, Ronald P ^a   Dreifuss, Stephanie ^a   Coon, Devin ^a   Wollstein, Adi ^a   Clavijo Alvarez, Julio ^a   Gusenoff, Jeffrey A ^a   Rubin, J Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPECTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WEIGHT LOSS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873306620     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182789de9     Document Type: Article

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