%0 Journal Article %T Op£¿£¿o t¨¦cnica para a s¨ªntese de grandes feridas da parede corp¨®rea %A Petroianu %A Andy %J Revista do Col¨¦gio Brasileiro de Cirurgi£¿es %D 2009 %I Col¨¦gio Brasileiro de Cirurgi?es %R 10.1590/S0100-69912009000400015 %X large wounds of the corporeal wall due to extensive traumas, tumor excisions or prolonged laparostomies are surgical challenges with difficult solutions. we show on this paper that wedge approximations of large wounds using elastic rubber band kept under moderate tension is a simple alternative, with great efficacious and low cost, that can be used in many surgical circumstances. %K large wound %K wound healing %K synthesis %K closure %K rubber strip %K elastic band %K treatment. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0100-69912009000400015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en