Evaluation of a novel technique for wound closure using a barbed suture

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1769-1780

  Murtha, Amy P ^a   Kaplan, Andrew L ^a   Paglia, Michael J ^a   Mills, Benjie B ^a   Feldstein, Michael L ^a   Ruff, Gregory L ^a  

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Indexed keywords

POLYDIOXANONE;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SCAR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESTHETICS; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDLE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SUTURING METHOD; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEEDLES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33646845765     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000209971.08264.b0     Document Type: Article

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