Planning incisions

Operative Techniques in General Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 199-206

  Waldorf, James C ^a   Perdikis, Galen ^a   Terkonda, Sarvam P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; ESTHETICS; EXCISION; HUMAN; INCISION; SCAR; SURGEON; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036757689     PISSN: 1524153X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/otgn.2002.35337     Document Type: Article

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