Comparison of two suture materials for intradermal skin closure in dogs

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-22

  Kirpensteijn, J ^a   Maarschalkerweerd, R J ^a   Kooistra, H S ^a   van Sluijs, F J ^a   Koeman, J P ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOXANE DERIVATIVE; GLYCOLIDE E CAPROLACTONE COPOLYMER; GLYCOLIDE E-CAPROLACTONE COPOLYMER; POLYESTER; POLYGLACTIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; SKIN; SURGERY; SUTURE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; DIOXANES; DOGS; FEMALE; POLYESTERS; POLYGLACTIN 910; SKIN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SUTURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031087526     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.1997.9694732     Document Type: Article

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