The 'round block' purse-string suture: A simple method to close skin defects with minimal scarring

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 126-131

  Tremolada, Carlo ^a,b   Blandini, Daniele ^b   Beretta, Maurizio ^b   Mascetti, Mario ^b  

^a Ospedale Maggiore di Lodi ^*  (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NYLONS; POLYPROPYLENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKIN; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030961259     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199707000-00023     Document Type: Article

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