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Skin Sparring Incision?

Posted By: wondering on 2008-03-22
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Subject: Skin Sparring Incision?

In a job involving breast reconstruction surgery-- a skin SPARING incision or a skin SPARRING incision?  Found both when I tried to google it..  Thanks!


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The doc says, through a separate subfascial skin incision when...sm
Subject: The doc says, through a separate subfascial skin incision when...sm

harvesting iliac crest during a spinal fusion. It doesn't make sense to me. I would think it would need to be either a separate subfascial incision or a separate skin incision. I have never heard it described this way before and I don't think it makes sense his way.
the answer is skin-sparing incision...
Subject: the answer is skin-sparing incision...


Incision, they first make a small incision for the port or trocar to go in for viewing the GI system
Subject: Incision, they first make a small incision for the port or trocar to go in for viewing the GI system

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Subject: Yes there is V-shaped incision and an inverted T-incision, so maybe they converted from a V to T


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Incision
Subject: Incision

Patient is undergoing a mediastinoscopy of the paratracheal lymph nodes.  Physician dictates that the chest was scrubbed with betadine and a "supracellanodule" incision was made.  Please help me verify that.
or maybe two-incision
Subject: or maybe two-incision

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Subject: incision

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incision? nm
Subject: incision? nm


Incision Name
Subject: Incision Name

Pt. had splenectomy, pancreatectomy, transverse colectomy.  She also had a C-section 2008.  Doc is describing scars on her abdomen.  Multiple trocar scars and a what s/l "foffenstiel" incision.  Thought it might be Pfannenstiel because of C-section, but doc says this scar is midline.  TIA.  -Brenda
Pfannenstiel incision.
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Incision into the uterus
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What is the correct medical term for this incision????
Pfannenstiel incision.
Subject: Pfannenstiel incision.

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Cusiform incision?
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Subject: how about superior incision

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Subject: type of incision...sm

I don't have a whole lot of info on this simply this -


She has a very large, midline, abdominal ____ incision extending up to the umbilicus from her last incision... and they will use this same incision...


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"transverse ****** vertical incision over the distal fibula."


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Subject: I&D - incision and drainage.

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s/l enderon incision
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doing a right ear meatoplasty. is that correct an enderon incision?
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probably I&D -- incision and drainage
Subject: probably I&D -- incision and drainage


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A launch "2 nil" incision was fashioned along the anterior portion of the common bile duct


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Subject: Incision direction

Incisional direction?


 


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Subject: septoplasty incision

s/l  inverted W coll-you mell-er incision.


septoplasty incision
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A s/l "control" incision. sm
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A s/l "control" incision was then made cephalad with endoscopic scissors.


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caudal incision???
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Subject: Not saying Caldwell-Luc incision? nm


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Is it a Maylard or Mallard abdominal incision?

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