Preoperative anemia and postoperative outcomes in immediate breast reconstructive surgery: A critical analysis of 10,958 patients from the ACS-NSQIP database

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Sarhane, Karim A ^a   Flores, José M ^b   Cooney, Carisa M ^a   Abreu, Francis M ^b   Lacayo, Marcelo ^a   Baltodano, Pablo A ^a   Ibrahim, Zuhaib ^a   Alrakan, Mohammed ^a   Brandacher, Gerald ^a   Rosson, Gedge D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 84881044676     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GOX.0b013e3182a18c6f     Document Type: Article

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