Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 9 , Pages 1045-1049 , September 2007

Crucial aspects of smoking in wound healing after breast reduction surgery

  • Rudolf Heinrich Bartsch

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Rudolfstiftung, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Juchgasse 25, 1010 Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • Department for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hietzing Hospital Wolkersbergenstrasse 1, 1130 Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Hospital Rudolfstiftung, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Juchgasse 25, 1010 Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Tel.: +43 699 11 222 000; fax: +43 1 80 110 2719.
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  • Gabriel Weiss

      Affiliations

    • Department for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hietzing Hospital Wolkersbergenstrasse 1, 1130 Vienna, Austria
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  • Thomas Kästenbauer

      Affiliations

    • L. Boltzman Institute of Metabolic Diseases and Nutrition, Hietzing Hospital, Wolkersbergenstrasse 1, 1130 Vienna, Austria
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  • Kurt Patocka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, Hietzing Hospital, Wolkersbergenstrasse 1, 1130 Vienna, Austria
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  • Maria Deutinger

      Affiliations

    • Department for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hietzing Hospital Wolkersbergenstrasse 1, 1130 Vienna, Austria
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  • Björn Dirk Krapohl

      Affiliations

    • Department for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hietzing Hospital Wolkersbergenstrasse 1, 1130 Vienna, Austria
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  • Heike Christina Benditte-Klepetko

      Affiliations

    • Department for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hietzing Hospital Wolkersbergenstrasse 1, 1130 Vienna, Austria

Received 16 March 2006 ,Accepted 28 August 2006.

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☆ This paper was presented on the 42nd Meeting of the Austrian Society of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Innsbruck, Austria, 2004 (2nd Prize of the Austrian society of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery.)

PII: S1748-6815(07)00003-4

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.08.001

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 9 , Pages 1045-1049 , September 2007

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