Laceration repair using a tissue adhesive in a Children's Emergency Department

Pediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 4 PART 1, 1996, Pages 673-675

  Bruns, Thomas B ^a,b,d   Simon, Harold K ^a   McLario, David J ^a   Sullivan, Kevin M ^a   Wood, Robert J ^c   Anand, K J S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

^d TC Thompson Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanoacrylates; Histoacryl Blue; Lacerations; Tissue adhesive

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE DERIVATIVE; ENBUCRILATE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACERATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENBUCRILATE; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE ADHESIVES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0029823223     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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