Save the skin and improve the scar: A simple technique to minimize the scar from a temporary stoma

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1428-1429

  Keating, John ^a   Kelly, Erica Whineray ^a   Hunt, Ian ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Loop ileostomy; Reversal; Skin closure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEOSTOMY; MORBIDITY; SKIN SCAR; STOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

CICATRIX; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; SKIN; STOMAS;

EID: 0142011606     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6763-2     Document Type: Article

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