Skin tension or skin compression? Small circular wounds are likely to shrink, not gape

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 529-534

  Bush, James A ^a,b   Ferguson, Mark W J ^a,b   Mason, Tracey ^a   McGrouther, D Angus ^b  

^a Renovo   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Langer's lines; Skin tension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CALCULATION; COMPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN TENSION; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 43049129624     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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