A new wound closure achieving and maintaining device using serial tightening of loop suture and its clinical applications in 15 consecutive patients for up to 102 days

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 436-441

  Lee, Eui Tai ^a,b  

^a Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chungbuk National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Loop suture; Problem wound; Serial tightening; Skin stretching method; Wound closure achieving and maintaining device; Wound healing; Wound strength

Indexed keywords

NYLON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DERMIS; DEVICE; DIABETIC FOOT; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACERATION; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; STRETCHING; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRESSING;

DEBRIDEMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 7044232080     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000130704.17323.ed     Document Type: Article

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