title: Use of absorbable running barbed suture and progressive tension technique in abdominoplasty: a novel approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, The Plastic Surgery Group, 37 North Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042, USA. adrmd@aol.com
authors.forename: Allen D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Rosen
mesh_terms: D050153:Abdominal Fat / Q000601:surgery*; D020341:Absorbable Implants; D000328:Adult; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013537:Sutures