Immediate tight sealing of skin incisions using an innovative temperature-controlled laser soldering device: In vivo study in porcine skin

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 206-213

  Simhon, David ^a   Halpern, Marisa ^b   Brosh, Tamar ^a   Vasilyev, Tamar ^a   Ravid, Avi ^a   Tennenbaum, Tamar ^c   Nevo, Zvi ^a   Katzir, Abraham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE DERIVATIVE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SKIN INCISION; SKIN SURGERY; STANDARD; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURE; SWINE; TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED LASER SOLDERING DEVICE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER COAGULATION; SKIN; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33846423540     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000232554.13719.10     Document Type: Article

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