The MicroDissection cautery needle versus the cold scalpel in bicoronal incisions

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 344-347

  Papay, Frank A ^a,b   Stein, Jeannine ^a   Luciano, Mark ^b   Zins, James E ^a  

^a Dept of Plast and Reconstr Surg ^*  (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Bicoronal; Craniosynostotic repair; Electrocautery; Incision

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTRICHOSIS; INFANT; NEEDLE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCALP; SCALPEL; SKIN INCISION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031868112     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-199807000-00010     Document Type: Article

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