title: Using an absorbable purse-string suture to reduce surgical defects of the nose before placement of full-thickness skin grafts.
authors: Department of Dermatology, Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland Department of Dermatology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Dermatology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors: Jeffrey
authors: J
authors: Lackey
authors: Gary
authors: G
authors: Mendese
authors: Donald
authors: D
authors: Grande
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery; D012225:Rhinoplasty; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome