Closure Techniques

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-81

  Lloyd, Jeremy D ^a   Marque III, Melvin J ^a   Kacprowicz, Robert F ^b  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLIC ACID OCTYL ESTER; MAXON; POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYPROPYLENE; SUTURE MATERIAL; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCALP HAIR; STAPLER; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34047171254     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2007.01.002     Document Type: Review

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