OBJECTIVES To compare the use of an electrosurgical device with traditional cold instruments (scalpel and scissors) for midline celiotomy incision. STUDY DESIGN Prospective randomized controlled clinical trial. SAMPLE POPULATION One hundred and twenty client-owned dogs undergoing abdominal surgery. METHODS Dogs were prospectively recruited and randomized to receive electroincision or cold...

BACKGROUNDS/AIMS Open surgery for choledochal cyst has a disadvantage of skin incision scar from operative wound, which can be a definite disadvantage especially in young female patients. This study focused on the cosmetic aspect of skin incision for resection of choledochal cyst in young female patients. METHODS During a 2-year study period, 11 adult female patients aged less than 40 years u...

background  buccal fat pad is known as anatomic structure in between the masticatory muscles that separate these muscles from each other and surrounding bone. ease of access, through the intraoral route makes it suitable choice for obtaining adipose derived stem cells. methods  intraoral incisions for getting access to the buccal fat of pad are; retromolar incision, incision in medial of pteryg...

An optimal clear corneal incision creates a self-sealing intrastomal tunnel. Variability in incision length may pose surgical difficulties for subsequent phacoemulsification. An incision that is too long may lead to challenges including decreased instrument mobility, decreased visibility due to corneal striae, stromal hydration, and a difficult angle of approach to the cataract. These sequelae ...

HYPOTHESIS Current techniques for open conventional thyroidectomy or parathyroidectomy have evolved to enable a shorter incision (main proposition), and the length of the incision is influenced by objective factors. DESIGN Case series. SETTING University referral center. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTION Retrospective study of the most recent 200 primary consecutive routine thyroid and parathyroi...

BACKGROUND Various incisions and approaches have been developed for lateral neck dissection. The purpose of this study was to compare the surgical and cosmetic outcomes of a single low transverse incision with the hockey stick incision for lateral neck dissection (LND) in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 97 patients with PTC who underwent th...

Incision of damaged DNA by the Escherichia coli UvrABC endonuclease requires the UvrA, UvrB, and UvrC proteins as well as ATP hydrolysis. This incision reaction can be divided into three steps: site recognition, preincision complex formation, and incision. UvrAB is able to execute the first two steps in the reaction while the addition of UvrC is required for the incision of DNA. This incision r...

The mid-to-lower segment of tibiofibular fractures (MLTFs) is commonly encountered in clinical practice, which is conventionally treated by the double-incision surgical approach. However, the double-incision approach frequently makes the closure of the wound extremely difficult and sometimes results in necrosis of skin around fractured sites. In the present study, our experience of using a sing...

There is this wrong notion that the only standard abdominal incision is the midline incision. Cases have been seen in which an abdominal incision extends from the xyphoid process to the symphysis pubis just to remove a perforated appendix! It is also not unusual to see a groin incision together with a lower abdominal incision for an obstructed inguinal hernia repair that "slipped" back into the...