Free tissue transfer in the obese patient: An outcome and cost analysis in 1258 consecutive abdominally based reconstructions

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Fischer, John P ^a   Nelson, Jonas A ^a   Sieber, Brady ^a   Cleveland, Emily ^a   Kovach, Stephen J ^a   Wu, Liza C ^a   Serletti, Joseph M ^a   Kanchwala, Suhail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAMMAPLASTY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877765902     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31828e2159     Document Type: Article

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