Lacerations against Langer's Lines: To glue or suture?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-189

  Simon, Harold K ^a,c   Zempsky, William T ^a   Bruns, Thomas B ^a,b   Sullivan, Kevin M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmetics; Cyanoacrylates; Histoacryl blue; Lacerations; Langer's Lines; Tissue adhesive

Indexed keywords

ENBUCRILATE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ESTHETICS; FACE INJURY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND CLOSURE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENBUCRILATE; FACIAL INJURIES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032033456     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(97)00285-0     Document Type: Article

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