Barbed sutures "lunch time" lifting: Evidence-based efficacy

Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-141

  Atiyeh, Bishara S ^a   Dibo, Saad A ^a   Costagliola, Michel ^b   Hayek, Shady N ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Aptos thread; Facial rejuvenation; Thread lifting

Indexed keywords

POLYDIOXANONE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYPROPYLENE; SUTURE MATERIAL; TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ECCHYMOSIS; ERYTHEMA; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTIDOPLASTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAR FORMATION; SOFT TISSUE; SUTURING METHOD; SWELLING;

AGING; HUMANS; POLYPROPYLENES; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SKIN AGING; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES;

EID: 77954446274     PISSN: 14732130     EISSN: 14732165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1473-2165.2010.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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