Regional variation in wound contraction of mohs surgery defects allowed to heal by second intention

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 712-722

  Mott, Kevin J ^b   Clark, David P ^a   Stelljes, Linda Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Hawaii Skin Cancer/Photodamage Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOSURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; ESTHETICS; EYE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCAR FORMATION; SECOND INTENTION WOUND HEALING; SKIN DEFECT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CICATRIX; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0038153904     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29180.x     Document Type: Article

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