Challenging the Surgical Axiom: Albumin Level Does Not Reliably Predict Development of Wound Complications in Patients Undergoing Body Contouring

INTRODUCTION: Hypoalbuminemia has traditionally been associated with a poor nutritional status and subsequent high incidence of postoperative wound complications in surgical patients. Recent evidence, however, suggests that traditional nutritional markers are inadequate in predicting postoperative m...

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Published in:Perm J
Main Authors: Karamanos, Efstathios, Kandagatla, Pridvi, Wang, Howard, Gupta, Arielle Hodari, Siddiqui, Aamir
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Permanente Journal 2020
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Original Research & Contributions
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7039419/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32097112
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7812/TPP/18.206
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