Comparative healing of surgical incisions created by the peak plasmablade, conventional electrosurgery, and a scalpel

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1849-1859

  Loh, Shang A ^b   Carlson, Grace A ^b   Chang, Edward I ^b   Huang, Eric ^b   Palanker, Daniel ^b   Gurtner, Geoffrey C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROSURGERY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; SCAR; SKIN; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CICATRIX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROSURGERY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SKIN; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 74049126558     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181bcee87     Document Type: Article

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