Long-term results of wounds closed under a significant amount of tension

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 259-265

  Melis, Paris ^a   Van Noorden, Cornelis J F ^b   Van Der Horst, Chantal M A M ^b  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN TENSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WOUND CLOSURE; ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33644856897     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000195080.65662.f5     Document Type: Article

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