Tattoos: surgical removal

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 393-397

  Wollina, Uwe ^a   Köstler, Erich ^a  

^a ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CHLORHEXIDINE; ETIDOCAINE; IODINE; LIDOCAINE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TATTOO; TISSUE EXPANSION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TATTOOING; TISSUE EXPANSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547699164     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

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