Knot integrity with nonidentical and parallel sliding knots

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-86

  Ivy, Joseph J ^a   Unger, James B ^a   Mukherjee, Debi ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Monofilament suture; Parallel knot; Sliding knots

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE;

EID: 0742269645     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(03)00947-5     Document Type: Article

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