Suture closure versus non-closure of subcutaneous fat and cosmetic outcome after cesarean section: A randomized controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Husslein, Heinrich ^a,b   Gutschi, Martina ^a   Leipold, Heinz ^a   Herbst, Christoph ^a   Franz, Maximilian ^b   Worda, Christof ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Austria)

^b UNIV KLIN FÜR FRAUENHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONABSORBABLE SUTURE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT AND OBSERVER SCAR ASSESSMENT SCALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROMA; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT SUTURE CLOSURE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT SUTURE NON CLOSURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOUVER SCAR SCALE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CICATRIX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SURGERY; SUTURE TECHNIQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916880450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114730     Document Type: Article

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