Purse-string method for immediate umbilical reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1652-1655

  Bartsich, Sophie A ^a,b   Schwartz, Mark H ^a,b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURSE STRING METHOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; UMBILICUS; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; AGED; CYST; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; UMBILICUS; URACHAL CYST;

EID: 0642343430     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000086084.32830.72     Document Type: Article

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