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Measurements of closing force of surgical wounds and relation to the appearance of resultant scars

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  1. Departments of Bio-Medical Physics and Bio-Engineering, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, AB9 2ZD, Aberdeen, UK

    C. Cacou

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Claremont Tower, NE1 7RU, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    J. M. Anderson

  3. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgey, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Royal Aberdeen, Foresterhill, AB9 2ZD, Aberdeen, UK

    I. F. K. Muir (Children’s Hospital and Honorary Research Fellow)

  4. Department of Surgery, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, AB9 2ZD, Aberdeen, UK

    I. F. K. Muir (Children’s Hospital and Honorary Research Fellow)

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Cacou, C., Anderson, J.M. & Muir, I.F.K. Measurements of closing force of surgical wounds and relation to the appearance of resultant scars. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 32, 638–642 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02524239

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