Electrosurgical excision technique for the treatment of multiple cutaneous lesions in neurofibromatosis type I

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 958-962

  Levine, Steven M ^a   Levine, Elie ^b   Taub, Peter J ^b   Weinberg, Hubert ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous; Electrocautery; Electrodessication; Electrosurgery; Excision; Neurofibromatosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; DEVICE; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN SCAR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 48049089385     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.03.035     Document Type: Article

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