Video: Placing multiple punctate relaxing incisions: Part 1 - Veterinary Medicine

Video: Placing multiple punctate relaxing incisions: Part 1 - Veterinary Medicine

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Video: Placing multiple punctate relaxing incisions: Part 1

When a wound, especially one on a distal limb, is too wide for adequate skin apposition, consider creating these small incisions to relax the surrounding skin and allow for good closure.

Oct 1, 2009
By: Steven F. Swaim, DVM, MS
VETERINARY MEDICINE

Acknowledgment: Thank you to Lori Lind, RVT, Gladstone Animal Clinic, Gladstone, MO, for her assistance during the demonstration.

Editor's Note: This technique was demonstrated on a canine specimen obtained from a specimen supply company.

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