New indications for artificial collagen-elastin matrices? Covering exposed tendons

Dermatology

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 272-273

  Wetzig, Tino ^a   Gebhardt, Carl ^a   Simon, Jan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exposed tendons; Micrographic surgery; Skin graft

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL COLLAGEN ELASTIN MATRIX; BIOMATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; TENDON; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOHS SURGERY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70350335599     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000232387     Document Type: Article

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