Use of 7/0 Vicryl (coated polyglactin 910) and 7/0 Vicryl-rapide (irradiated polyglactin 910) in skin closure in ophthalmic plastic surgery

Orbit

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-8

  Talbot, A W R ^a   Meadows, A E R ^a   Tyers, A G ^a   Shah Desai, S ^a  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oculoplastic surgery; Polyglactin sutures; Skin closure; Suture material; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SUTURE REMOVAL; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POLYGLACTIN 910; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SKIN; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036164617     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/orbi.21.1.1.2604     Document Type: Article

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