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Understanding the Interplay Between Elastin and Collagen During Surgical Procedures and Their Relationship to BEST Lines

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Skin is essentially a composite material that has a fibrous network embedded in a ground substance. The fibrous components are elastin and collagen. Skin’s fibrotic network exhibits a directionality that correlates with its biomechanical function—and this has been often overlooked in surgery. It is therefore important that research looks at skin and scar specimens, both in orthogonal directions within the tissue’s plane, to see how skin properties of elastin and collagen change with injury and subsequent healing, and that is what is attempted in this chapter.

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Paul, S.P. (2018). Understanding the Interplay Between Elastin and Collagen During Surgical Procedures and Their Relationship to BEST Lines. In: Biodynamic Excisional Skin Tension Lines for Cutaneous Surgery . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71495-0_3

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