External device for tissue expansion: Clinical evaluation of the skin extender

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 215-220

  Fan, Jincai ^a,b   Eriksson, Marcus ^a   Nordström, Rolf E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b Nordstrom Hosp Plast Reconstr S   (Finland)

Author keywords

External device; Skin extension; Tissue expansion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; TISSUE EXPANSION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0029791695     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02844319609062818     Document Type: Article

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