Caveats for the use of suspension sutures

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 170-173

  Hudson, Donald A ^a,b   Fernandes, Desmond B ^a  

^a Observatory ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Face lift; Forehead lift; Suture suspension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE;

EID: 4344675460     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-004-4007-4     Document Type: Article

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