The cuticular purse string suture: A modified purse string suture for the partial closure of round postoperative wounds

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 746-753

  Cohen, Philip R ^a,b   Martinelli, Paul T ^b   Schulze, Keith E ^b   Nelson, Bruce R ^b,c  

^a University of Texas Houston Medical School ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Dermatologic Surgery Center of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BENIGN SKIN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; LIMB TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL WOUND; SUTURE REMOVAL; SUTURING METHOD; TRUNK; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34447259311     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.03253.x     Document Type: Article

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