Modified purse-string closure for reconstruction of moderate/large surgical defects of the face

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-220

  Ciatti, Sabatino ^a,b   Greenbaum, Steven S ^a  

^a Skin/Laser Surg Ctr Pennsylvania   (United States)

^b Dermatology Associates of Westfield   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; CHEMOSURGERY; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FACE; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOHS SURGERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0033013168     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.1999.08155.x     Document Type: Article

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