Undermining in cutaneous surgery

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-78

  Boyer, John D ^a,b   Zitelli, John A ^a   Brodland, David G ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; SKIN; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 0035141894     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2001.00109.x     Document Type: Review

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7. Role of tissue undermining in the trapdoor effect of transposition flaps
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9. Variation of skin stress-strain curves with undermining