Evaluation of abdominal cutaneous sensibility following abdominoplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 526e-532e

  Aherrera, Andrew S ^a   Pincus, David J ^a   Vernadakis, Adam J ^a   Pandya, Sonal N ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INNERVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; SURGERY; TIME; TOUCH;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH;

EID: 84924001743     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000000969     Document Type: Article

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