Wound drainage after plastic and reconstructive surgery of the breast

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Stojkovic, Christa A ^a   Smeulders, Mark J C ^a   Van der Horst, Chantal M ^a   Khan, Sameena M ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ATHELIA; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST REDUCTION; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND DRAINAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAMMAPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880052684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007258.pub2     Document Type: Review

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