Barbed suture impact on wound closure in body contouring surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1735-1741

  Shermak, Michele A ^a   Mallalieu, Jessie ^a   Chang, David ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYDIOXANONE;

ARTICLE; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; SUTURING METHOD; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND HEALING;

FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYDIOXANONE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; WEIGHT LOSS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 78650096810     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181ef8fa3     Document Type: Article

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