An improvised wound closure system

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 910-914

  Lapid, Oren ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disposable equipment; Equipment design; Intraoperative care; Reconstructive surgical procedures; Silicone elastomers; Suture techniques; Sutures; Tissue expansion; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE EXPANSION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

ADULT; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646485791     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000214585.31840.ce     Document Type: Article

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