Dec 1, 2009
By:
Steven F. Swaim, DVM, MS
In this five-part video, Dr. Steven Swaim demonstrates how to place full-thickness mesh skin grafts.
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Oct 1, 2009
By:
Steven F. Swaim, DVM, MS
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.
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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
Multiple punctate relaxing incisions are small parallel, staggered incisions made unilaterally or bilaterally (usually bilaterally) in skin adjacent to a wound to relieve the tension associated with wound closure.
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Oct 1, 2009
By:
Steven F. Swaim, DVM, MS
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.
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When a wound, especially on a limb, is too wide for initial skin apposition, this technique, which involves gradual suture tightening, may allow for closure without a skin graft or flap.
Aug 1, 2009
By:
Steven F. Swaim, DVM, MS
The adjustable horizontal mattress suture is indicated primarily for limb wounds that are either relatively new or are in the wound contraction phase and in which the edges cannot initially be apposed.
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Jul 24, 2009
By:
Steven F. Swaim, DVM, MS
In this video, Dr. Swaim demonstrates how to place an adjustable horizontal mattress suture to close distal limb wounds.
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Jul 24, 2009
By:
Steven F. Swaim, DVM, MS
In this video, Dr. Swaim demonstrates how to place an adjustable horizontal mattress suture to close distal limb wounds.
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Jul 24, 2009
By:
Steven F. Swaim, DVM, MS
In this video, Dr. Swaim demonstrates how to place an adjustable horizontal mattress suture to close distal limb wounds.
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Jul 24, 2009
By:
Steven F. Swaim, DVM, MS
In this video, Dr. Swaim demonstrates how to place an adjustable horizontal mattress suture to close distal limb wounds.
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