Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 62, Issue 11 , Pages 1453-1458 , November 2009

Perioperative thromboelastography analysis during suction-assisted lipectomy: a prospective cohort study

Received 12 February 2008 ,Accepted 21 April 2008.

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☆ Meeting presentations: Presented at the Annual Meeting of ASPS and ASERF “The Aesthetic Meeting” April 19–24, 2007; Research and Innovative Technology Luncheon and Hot Topics in Plastic Surgery at the Annual Meeting of ASPS, PSEF and ASMS, Baltimore, October 26–31, 2007.Disclosure: None of the authors have anything to disclose and do not have conflicts of interest.Thromboelastograph (Haemoscope Corporation, Ilinois, USA) was used as a bioassay, and the company donated 558 samples (cups and pens) for this study. The company had no involvement in the design, conduction, analysis or writing of this study.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.04.062

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 62, Issue 11 , Pages 1453-1458 , November 2009

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