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SUTURING

Kuijjer PJ. History of healing: wound suturing. Ned Tijdsch Geneesk 1998;142(9):473-479. [Pubmed]

Dietz UA, Kuhfuß I, Debus E-S, Thiede A. Mario Donati and the Vertical Mattress Suture of the Skin. World J Surg 2006;30:141-148. [pubmed]