Utility of fully buried horizontal mattress sutures

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-76

  Alam, Murad ^a,d   Goldberg, Leonard H ^b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DERMSURGERY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Dermatology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURIED HORIZONTAL MATTRESS SUTURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND;

EID: 0346373790     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(03)02097-8     Document Type: Article

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