Are Incisional and Excisional Skin Tension Lines Biomechanically Different? Understanding the Interplay between Elastin and Collagen during Surgical Procedures
Background: Since Langer’s first foray into studying cutaneous lines, although people have studied skin lines across the body, there has not been a study that elucidates changes to skin structure of elastin and collagen at different load levels. This study set out to look at whether incisional lines...
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| Language: | English |
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International Medical Research and Development Corporation
2017-06-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Biomedicine |
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| Online Access: | http://ijbm.org/articles/IJBM_7(2)_OA5.pdf |