Performance comparison of nylon and an absorbable suture material (Polyglactin 910)in the closure of punch biopsy sites

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 750-753

  Gabel, Elizabeth A ^a   Jimenez, Gloria P ^a   Eaglstein, William H ^a   Kerdel, Francisco A ^a   Falanga, Vincent ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NYLON; POLYGLACTIN; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SCAR; SUTURE; WOUND CLOSURE;

ARM; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NYLONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYGLACTIN 910; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN; SUTURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0033855393     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2000.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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