Versatility of the subcuticular purse-string suture in wound closure

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1302-1305

  Yuen, James C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0029958498     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199612000-00032     Document Type: Article

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