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The Compressiometer: Toward a New Skin Tensiometer for Research and Surgical Planning

After surgery, around 35% of patients experience problems of excessive scarring, causing disfiguring and impaired function. An incision placed in the wrong direction causes unnecessary skin tension on the wound, resulting in increased collagen disposition and potentially hypertrophic scars. Currentl...

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Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: IEEE 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8682962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34938614
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JTEHM.2021.3133485