title: Evaluation of a novel technique for wound closure using a barbed suture.
authors.affiliation: Aptos, Nagatinskaya 27, Moscow 115533, Russia, gracia@aptos.ru.
authors.forename: Marlen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sulamanidze
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000517:prevention & control; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures; D013718:Tensile Strength; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology