Fusiform excision

American Family Physician

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1539-1544+1547

  Zuber, Thomas J ^a  

^a Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; SCAR; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN SURGERY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; WOUND INFECTION;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; BIOPSY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0037386818     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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