Tissue response to suture materials implanted subcutaneously in a rabbit model

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1788-1795

  Setzen, Gavin ^a,b   Williams III, Edwin F ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; POLITEF; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; IMPLANT; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 0030657835     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199712000-00023     Document Type: Article

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