Suture materials and other factors associated with tissue reactivity, infection, and wound dehiscence among plastic surgery outpatients

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 38-45

  Gabrielli, Fabrizio ^a   Potenza, Clemente ^a   Puddu, Pietro ^a   Sera, Francesco ^a   Masini, Cinzia ^a   Abeni, Damiano ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SILK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE REACTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0035174219     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200101000-00007     Document Type: Article

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