Assessing the Role of Presuturing on Wound Closure

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 807-811

  Neves, Rogerio I ^a   Saggers, Gregory C ^a   Mackay, Donald R ^a   Manders, Ernest K ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; STRETCHING; SUTURE; SWINE; TENSION; WOUND; WOUND CLOSURE;

ANIMALS; EVALUATION STUDIES; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE; TISSUE EXPANSION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0029875994     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199604000-00018     Document Type: Article

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