Light-activated tissue bonding for excisional wound closure: A split-lesion clinical trial

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 555-563

  Tsao, S ^a   Yao, M ^a   Tsao, H ^a   Henry, F P ^a   Zhao, Y ^b   Kochevar, J J ^b   Redmond, R W ^a   Kochevar, I E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Kochevar Research Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; NONABSORBABLE SUTURE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMATOLOGIST; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOACTIVATED TISSUE BONDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CICATRIX; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; ROSE BENGAL; SKIN DISEASES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84862792983     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10710.x     Document Type: Article

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