Single-layer versus double-layer closure of facial lacerations: A randomized controlled trial

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 363-368

  Singer, Adam J ^a,b,c   Gulla, Janet ^a,b   Hein, Michele ^a,b   Marchini, Scott ^a,b   Chale, Stuart ^a,b   Arora, Balvantray P ^a,b  

^a Stony Brook University ^*

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN; POLYPROPYLENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ESTHETICS; FACE INJURY; FACE LACERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACERATIONS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 23044501748     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000172758.00088.81     Document Type: Article

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