Revisiting the purse-string closure: Some new methods and modifications

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 672-676

  Weisberg, Noah Kawika ^a   Greenbaum, Steven S ^a  

^a Skin/Laser Surg Ctr Pennsylvania   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURSE STRING CLOSURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0038115627     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29160.x     Document Type: Article

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