Rapid alignment of collagen fibers in the dermis of undermined and not undermined skin stretched with a skin-stretching device

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 674-680

  Melis, Paris ^a,b,c   Noorlander, Maril L ^a,b   Van Der Horst, Chantal M A M ^a,b   Van Noorden, Cornelis J F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN SURGERY; STRETCHING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; NOTE; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036160346     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200202000-00038     Document Type: Article

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