Use of absorbable running barbed suture and progressive tension technique in abdominoplasty: A novel approach

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1024-1027

  Rosen, Allen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES;

EID: 77749334310     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181cb64f7     Document Type: Article

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