Wound closure materials in the new millennium

Current Problems in Dermatology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 90-94

  Menaker, Gregg M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; GLYCOLIC ACID; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; SUTURE MATERIAL; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE; REVIEW; SURGICAL STAPLING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE REACTION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035073230     PISSN: 10400486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-0486(01)70039-7     Document Type: Article

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