Inexpensive Self-Retaining Retractor for Minor Surgical Procedures

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 633-635

  Pearl, Carl B ^a,b   Aguillon, Arturo ^a   McLaughlin, Emily ^a   Yu, Jack ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; FORCE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MINOR SURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRACTOR; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TENSIOMETER; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE NECROSIS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 0344629906     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000096148.73798.06     Document Type: Article

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