A new surgical tape with a mesh designed to prevent skin tears and reduce pain during tape removal

• Naoaki Rikihisa ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: rikihisa@faculty.chiba-u.jp

  Affiliations Oyumio Central Hospital, Chiba, Japan, Tokyo Medical Tape, Yokohama, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4459-8385

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• Nobuyuki Mitsukawa,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan

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• Hiroaki Rikhisa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research and Development Division, Furukawa Electric, Yokohama, Japan

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• Masayuki Nakao

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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