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Case Reports
. 1985 May;14(5):465-9.
doi: 10.1097/00000637-198505000-00012.

Purse-string suture for reduction and closure of skin defects

I J Peled, U Zagher, M R Wexler
Case Reports

Purse-string suture for reduction and closure of skin defects

I J Peled et al. Ann Plast Surg. 1985 May.

Abstract

Purse-string subcuticular suture for closure or diminishing skin defects is reported. The same principle applied to breast surgery resulted in a simple and useful way of reducing the size of the areola.

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