Mechanical evaluation of the influence of different suture methods on temporal skin healing

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1880-1885

  Yang, Cheng San ^a,b   Yeh, Cheng Hsin ^a   Chen, Meng Yi ^a,c   Jiang, Cheng Hsiang ^a   Su, Fong Chin ^a   Yeh, Ming Long ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NYLON; POLYGLACTIN; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 72349100375     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01309.x     Document Type: Article

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