Absorbable or non-absorbable sutures? A prospective, randomised evaluation of aesthetic outcomes in patients undergoing elective day-case hand and wrist surgery

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 665-667

  Kundra, R K ^a   Newman, S ^a   Saithna, A ^a   Lewis, A C ^a   Srinivasan, S ^b   Srinivasan, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorbable suture; Aesthetic; Hand surgery; Non absorbable suture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CICATRIX; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449278945     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588410X12699663905113     Document Type: Article

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