Cross-suturing as an aid to wound closure: A prospective randomised trial using the forearm flap donor site as a model

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 695-700

  Moazzam, Amber ^a,b   Gordon, D J ^a  

^a ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Donor site defect; Radial forearm free flap; Skin graft; Wound contraction

Indexed keywords

MAXON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOREARM; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON LESION; THIGH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKIN; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0142009971     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(03)00213-3     Document Type: Article

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