The "silicone suture" for tissue expansion without an expander: A new device for repair of soft-tissue defects after burns

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 484-488

  Fan, Jincai ^a,b   Wang, Jiping ^a,b  

^a Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences ^*

^b PLASTIC SURGERY HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE SUTURE; SUTURE MATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN SCAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; IMPLANT; INCISION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TISSUE EXPANSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; ABDOMEN; ALOPECIA; CASE REPORT; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; SCAR; SKIN; SUTURING METHOD; THIGH;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA; BURNS; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCALP; SILICONES; SKIN; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THIGH; TISSUE EXPANDERS; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 4344563058     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000132672.66547.B9     Document Type: Article

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