Outcomes of surgical excision with pressure therapy using magnets and identification of risk factors for recurrent keloids

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 431-439

  Park, Tae Hwan ^a   Seo, Sang Won ^a   Kim, June Kyu ^a   Chang, Choong Hyun ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EAR DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KELOID; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MALE; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BANDAGES; EAR DISEASES; EAR, EXTERNAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KELOID; MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY; MALE; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051508753     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31821e7006     Document Type: Article

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