Description of cutaneous excision and suture using a mathematical model

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 145-150

  Chretien Marquet, Bertrand ^a   Caillou, Viviane ^a   Brasnu, Dana Hartl ^b   Bennaceur, Sélim ^a   Buisson, Thierry ^b  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b Robert Debré Children's Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXCISION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURGERY; SUTURE;

BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SUTURES;

EID: 0032932263     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199901000-00023     Document Type: Article

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