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HEMIGARD^®
Publications

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• Roybal, L., Howerter, S., Markus, B., Young, J., & Lear., W. (2020). Use of a novel adhesive suture retention wound closure device to prevent patient follow-up visits during the COVID-19 pandemic. JAAD Case Reports.
• Lear, W., Roybal, L.I., & Kruzic, J.J. (2020). Forces on sutures when closing excisional wounds using the rules of halves. Clinical Biomechanics, 72, 161-163.
• Roybal, L., Blattner, C., Young, J. & Lear., W. (2020). A novel adhesive suture retention device for the closure of fragile skin under tension. JAAD Case Reports.

SUTUREGARD^®
Publications

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• Lear, W., Blattner, C., Mustoe, T., Kruzic, K. (2019). In vivo stress relaxation of human scalp. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, (97), 85-89.
• Ferrell, K., Fancher, W., & Lear, W. (2019). Surgical Pearl: Use of a novel suture retention device to protect skin edges while using pulley suture technique for high tension wound closure. JAAD Case Reports.
• Stoecker, A., Howerter, S., Fancher, W. & Lear, W. (2019). A novel suture retention device for intraoperative tissue support, JAAD Case Reports, 5(5), 454-457.
• Blattner, C. M. et al. (2018). The use of a suture retention device to enhance tissue expansion and healing in the repair of scalp and lower leg wounds. JAAD Case Reports, 4(7), 655-661.
• Stoecker, A. Howerter, S., Young, J., & Lear, W. (2018). The use of a suture retention device with punctureless technique for rapid tissue expansion in facial and lower extremity wounds. JAAD Case Reports, 4(9), 910-914.
• Townsend, K.L., Akeroyd, J., Russell, D.S, Kruzic, J.J., Robertson, B.L., & Lear, W. (2018). Comparing the tolerability of a novel wound closure device using a porcine model. Advances in Wound Care, 7(6), 177-184.
• Akeroyd, J., Lear, W., Kitada, H., & Plauntz, L. (2017). Nurses' experience removing superficial non-absorbable sutures from the skin: wound overgrowth of sutures complicates the procedure. Journal of Dermatology Nurses’ Association, 9, 1, 16-20.
• Townsend, K.L., Lear, W., Robertson, B.L, & Kruzic, J.J. (2016). Buried absorbable polyglactin 910 sutures do not result in stronger wounds in porcine full thickness skin incisions. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 63, 386-389. doi:10.1016/j.jmbbm.2016.06.033

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