Coaptive film versus subcuticular suture: Comparing skin closure time following identical, single-session, bilateral limb surgery in children

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 626-628

  Rebello, Gleeson ^a   Parikh, Ravi ^a   Grottkau, Brian ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral limb surgery; Skin closure technique

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FILM; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; INCISION; MALE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; OPERATION DURATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SUTURE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ADHESIVES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 69749094920     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181b2ba1b     Document Type: Article

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