TY - JOUR
AU - Lee, Eui-Tai
AB - ORIGINAL ARTICLE A New Wound Closure Achieving and Maintaining Device Using Serial Tightening of Loop Suture and its Clinical Applications in 15 Consecutive Patients for up to 102 Days Eui-Tai Lee, MD instrument was devised to overcome the limitations of previous skin Abstract: A device that can both achieve and maintain wound stretching methods. It has wider indications and shows better com- closure by serial tightening of a loop suture was developed. The pliances. In particular, because of its longer period of application, device consists of 3 components: a hollow plastic cylinder with a the device does not only stretch the skin to achieve wound closure, 1-way locking mechanism, a flat plastic strip passing though the but also helps maintain it during wound healing. cylinder, and a plastic cushion between the cylinder and the skin. Key Words: wound closure achieving and maintaining device, The body of the device is composed of a soft cylinder and a hard serial tightening, loop suture, skin stretching method, wound strip. This difference in flexibility enables the device to absorb strength, problem wound, wound healing impacts of positional changes and daily activities, while the device preserves tension of loop suture and wound closure (Fig. 
TI - A New Wound Closure Achieving and Maintaining Device Using Serial Tightening of Loop Suture and its Clinical Applications in 15 Consecutive Patients for up to 102 Days
JF - Annals of Plastic Surgery
DO - 10.1097/01.sap.0000130704.17323.ed
DA - 2004-11-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/a-new-wound-closure-achieving-and-maintaining-device-using-serial-u9yP00qwl0
SP - 436
EP - 441
VL - 53
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -