Biomechanical properties of the superficial fascial system

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 395-403

  Song, Angela Y ^a   Askari, Morad ^a   Azemi, Erdrin ^b   Alber, Sean ^d   Hurwitz, Dennis J ^a   Marra, Kacey G ^e   Shestak, Kenneth C ^a   Debski, Richard ^c   Rubin, J Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Musculoskeletal Research Center

^c Department of Bioengineering ^*

^d Center for Biological Imaging   (United States)

^e the Department of Bioengineering

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; NYLON; POLYGLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EX VIVO STUDY; FASCIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SOFT TISSUE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33747342224     PISSN: 1090820X     EISSN: 1527330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asj.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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