Skin closure in vascular neurosurgery: A prospective study on absorbable intradermal suture versus nonabsorbable suture

Surgical Neurology International

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Barbosa Pereira, Julio Leonardo ^a   Júnior, Gerival Vieira ^a   De Albuquerque, Lucas Alverne Freitas ^a   Cavalcanti Mendes, George De Albuquerque ^a   Salles, Ludmila Rezende ^a   De Souza, André Felipe Ferreira ^b   Dellaretti, Marcos ^a   De Sousa, Atos ^a  

^a Santa Casa Hospital of Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Intracranial aneurysm; intradermal suture; skin closure

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; NONABSORBABLE SUTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SUTURE REMOVAL; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 84865608119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21527806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.99941     Document Type: Article

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