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Abstract
Using the techniques of Karl Langer (1861) a cadaver study has been performed to relate the pattern of skin tension to scar morphology found in the pre-sternal scar. It is demonstrated that hypertrophic scarring occurs in areas of high tension with "pull" in many directions, but that a stretched scar results from increased tension in one axis only.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 2059787 DOI: 10.1016/0007-1226(91)90074-t
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Plast Surg ISSN: 0007-1226