Hydration and occlusive treatment of a sutured wound

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 508-512

  Sawada, Yukimasa ^a   Urushidate, Satoshi ^b   Nihei, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRATION; MALE; OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; CHILD; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031787955     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199811000-00010     Document Type: Article

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