Dermatologic surgery tips and techniques. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stuart J. Salasche, Ida F. Orengo, Ronald J. Siegle.
• Other Names: Salasche, Stuart J; Orengo, Ida F; Siegle, Ronald J
• Contents: Section 1: Assisting at Surgery -- Pearl 1:Surgical Assistant: Counter-Traction and a Clear Visual Field -- Pearl 2:Placement of the Simple Interrupted Stitch -- Pearl 3: Surgical Assistant: Help with Surface Sutures -- Pearl 4: Surgical Assistant: Twisted Knot and Cutting Suture at Correct Length -- Pearl 5: Surgical Assistant: Help with the Subcuticular Stitch -- Section 2: Suture Techniques -- -- Pearl 6: How to Break the Memory of Suture Material without Breaking the Suture -- Pearl 7: Hemostasis: Suture Ligature -- Pearl 8: Proper Placement of the 3-Cornered Stitch -- Pearl 9: Delayed Closure of Buried Sutures When Closing Small Excisions -- Pearl 10: Percutaneous Buried Vertical Mattress Suture -- Pearl 11: The Running Locked Suture as an Aid for Hemostasis -- Pearl 12: Maximal Skin Edge Eversion with the Running Hybrid Mattress Suture -- Pearl 13: The Short String Tie off -- Section 3: Closures and Procedures -- Pearl 14: Circular Incisions as a Guide for Optimal Aesthetic Removal -- Pearl 15: The Crescentic Ellipse for Curving Relaxed Skin Tension Lines -- Pearl 16: Serial Excision -- Pearl 17: S-Plasty for Excision on Convex or Concave -- Pearl 18: Pruning the Proud Flesh -- Pearl 19: Hydro-Dissection (Hydroplaning) with Anesthetic Fluid -- Pearl 20: Second Intention Healing Over Bare Cartilage -- Pearl 21: A User-Friendly Surgical Dressing -- Pearl 22: Minimizing the Dogear -- Pearl 23: In Pursuit of the Perfect Punch Biopsy -- Pearl 24: The Split Punch Biopsy: The power of two -- Pearl 25: Saucerization Biopsy -- Pearl 26: 'Off-Set Bias Suturing' to Favorably Alter the Tension Vector of Closure -- Pearl 27: Have I Cut the Temporal Nerve or Just Anesthetized It? -- Pearl 28: Electrodesiccation and Curettage for Warts -- Pearl 29: Cysts and Lipomas, Oh My -- Pearl 30: Drainage of Inflamed/Liquefied Cyst -- Pearl 31: Transection of Pigmented Lesion -- Pearl 32: The Retraction Suture for Cyst Removal -- Section 4: Flaps -- Pearl 33: Flap Components -- Pearl 34: The Tension Vector of Closure -- Pearl 35: Tension Vector of Rotation/Advancement Flaps -- Pearl 36: Determining the Final Scar Lines and Tension Vector of the Rhombic Flap -- Pearl 37: The Suspension Suture: Partial Closure of Defect Near Free Margin -- Pearl 38: Contour Maintenance with Suspension Sutures -- Pearl 39: Reconstruction of the Alar-Facial-Lip Sulcus -- Pearl 40: ₃Mercedes Flap₄: Multiple Flap Closure of Large Defects -- Section 5: Grafts -- Pearl 41: Trimming Fat Off of Full-Thickness Skin Grafts -- Pearl 42: Free Hand Harvesting of a Small Split-Thickness Skin Graft -- Pearl 43: Basting Suture for FTSG under Direct Visualization -- Pearl 44: Continuous Tie-Over Bolster Dressings for Skin Grafts -- Pearl 45: M-Plasty FOR Dog Ear -- Pearl 46: Dog-Ear as Graft; Don't Throw That Tissue Away -- Pearl 47: Dermabrasion for Surgical Scars and Grafts -- Pearl 48: Manual Dermabrasion of Full-Thickness Grafts -- Pearl 49: Post-surgical dermabrasion -- Section 6: Safety -- Pearl 50: Maintaining an Orderly Surgical Tray -- Pearl 51: Surgical Waste Disposal -- Pearl 52: Safety: The Medicine Cup: Behold the Lowly cup -- Pearl 53: Safety: Corneal Eyeshield -- Pearl 54: Safety: The Sheathed Syringe -- Pearl 55: Geometric Pattern Excision for Histological Margin Control of Tumors -- Pearl 56: Control of the Surgical Lamp: In the Best Light -- Pearl 57: Electrosurgical Unit Safety -- Section 7: Instruments -- Pearl 58: Instruments for Special Occasions: The Mini-Scalpel System -- Pearl 59: Razor Blade Surgery for Benign Lesions -- Pearl 60: Razor Blade Excision for Shallow Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Nose -- Pearl 61: Alternate Use of a Forceps: A Freeze With a Squeeze -- Pearl 62: Towel Clamp Assisted Closure for Wounds under Significant Tension -- Pearl 63: The Cotton-Tipped Applicator (CTA): The Ever-Ready, Multi-Purpose Superstar -- Pearl 64: The Tongue Depressor: More than say "Ah" (Sept pearls) -- Pearl 65: The Universal Paper Clip: There's always one in the desk drawer -- Pearl 66: The Hyfrecator: Low-Tech, Yet Efficient Benign Lesions -- Pearl 67: The Punch Used as a Curette -- Section 8: Nail -- Pearl 68: Nail Matrix Exploration and Retraction Suture for Exposure of the Proximal Nail Groove. -- Pearl 69: Obtaining an Adequate Biopsy of the Nail Matrix/Bed -- Pearl 70: Compressive Dressing for the Nail Unit -- Pearl 71: Use of a Sterile Surgical Glove to Create a Sterile Field -- Pearl 72: The Proximal Nail Plate Avulsion -- Pearl 73: Post-phenol Matricectomy Injection to Prolong Anesthesia and Prevent Lymphangitis -- Pearl 74: Decompression of a Subungual Hematoma -- Section 9: Regional Tips -- Pearl 75: Pinwheel flap for the scalp vertex and direct galeotomy -- Pearl 76: Tips for Scalp Surgery: Keeping Hair Out of the Field -- Pearl 77: Tips for Scalp Surgery: Collodion Dressing -- Pearl 78: Pearls Around the Mouth -- Pearl 79: Suturing on the Lip to Minimize Patient Discomfort -- Pearl 80: Labial Mucocele Removal -- Pearl 81: Dental Roll for Nasal Packing -- Pearl 82: Cotton Plug in the Ear Canal -- Pearl 83: Testing Lower Eyelid Strength -- Pearl 84: Second Intention Healing of Ear Defects.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, PA : Mosby Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 189 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 617.4/77; Skin -- Surgery -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Dermatology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Skin -- surgery; Dermatology -- methods; MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General; Dermatology; Skin -- Surgery; Peau -- Chirurgie; Dermatologie; Handbooks; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323076029; 0323076025; 9780323034623; 0323034624
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.