Biomechanical and viscoelastic properties of skin, SMAS, and composite flaps as they pertain to rhytidectomy

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 590-598

  Saulis, Alexandrina S ^a   Lautenschlager, Eugene P ^a   Mustoe, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPOSITE GRAFT; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REJUVENATION; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SKIN FLAP; STRESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOELASTICITY; NOTE; PLASTIC SURGERY;

EID: 0036316045     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200208000-00035     Document Type: Article

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