A randomized split-scar study of intraoperative treatment of surgical wound edges to minimize scarring

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1108-1110

  Ozog, David M ^a   Moy, Ronald L ^b,c  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Moy Fincher Medical Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN ABSCESS; SURGICAL WOUND; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CICATRIX; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, GAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; SKIN; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 80053085257     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.248     Document Type: Article

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