Biomechanical comparison between conventional and rapid expansion of skin

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 660-666

  Zeng, Yan Jun ^a,b   Xu, Chuan Qing ^a   Yang, Jian ^b   Sun, Guang Ci ^c   Xu, Xiao Hu ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c PLASTIC SURGERY HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Conventional expansion; Rapid expansion; Skin expansion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; IMPLANT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXPANSION; SKIN FLAP; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TENSION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSILE STRENGTH; ANIMAL; ELASTICITY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; TIME; TISSUE EXPANSION;

ANIMALS; DOGS; ELASTICITY; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 0141975225     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(03)00217-0     Document Type: Article

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