Three-dimensional finite element analysis of skin suture. Part 1: Spindle model and S-shaped modified model

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 481-485

  Yoshida, Hiroaki ^a   Tsutsumi, Sadami ^a   Mizunuma, Masanari ^b   Yanai, Akira ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dog ear; Sigmoid; Skin suture; Spindle model; Three dimensional FEM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MODEL; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SUTURING METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0034494372     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(00)00064-3     Document Type: Article

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