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14 days
60 days
30 days
21 days
Liquid nitrogen spray
Nitrous oxide probe
Liquid nitrogen applicator
Carbon dioxide slush
Making sure the knots are as tight as possible
Placing the stitches as close together as possible
Using adson forceps to hold the surrounding tissue
Clamping serrated forceps around the surrounding tissue
Alcohol
Saline
Hydrogen peroxide
Betadine
Tell the patient to watch it for 4 weeks and re-examine as neoplasms occur infrequently here
Refer because of the salivary glands, in which neoplasms frequently occur
Immediately send the patient to the emergency room
Perform a punch biopsy
Pressure dressing
Packing the space with gelfoam
Packing the space with iodoform gauze
Suturing of the subcutaneous tissues
Malignant melanoma
Autoimmune disease
Squamous cell carcinoma
Areas of vascular compromise
Lesions that require special histological handling
Lesions that are located in areas difficult to operate on
Small, discrete lesions
Lesions that are too large for complete excision
Molluscum contagiosum
Actinic (solar) keratoses
Hemorrhoids
Hemangiomas
Pilar cysts are often inherited in autosomal dominant pattern
Epidermal and pilar cysts are uncommon
Sebaceous cysts are usually malignant
Sebaceous cysts are uncommon
Scleroderma
Raynauds disease
Infections of proximal phalanx area
Nail-bed lacerations
A mild analgesic
Moderate elevation of the limb
Local antibiotic gel
Hot applications
12 hours
72 hours
48 hours
24 hours
Electrocautery
Incisional removal
Excisional removal
Cryosurgery
Bupivacaine (marcaine)
Lidocaine
Mepivacaine
Prilocaine
Urticaria
Myocardial ischemia
Palpitations
Sudden migraine
Hospitilization for intensive therapy and antibiotics
Referral to hand surgeon as the condition may require wide excision and decompression
Thorough wound irrigation with sterile saline, followed by antibiotics and immobilization of the finger
Herbal antimicrobials, ice and elevation for 24 hours, then contrast hydrotherapy frequently
External hemorrhoids can be painlessly banded and frozen
When using a one layer closure, the loop of suture should be wider deep in the tissue than at the surface
If properly treated, ganglion cysts will not recur
First degree hypspadias is an indication for circumcision
Chromic catgut
Maxon (polyglyconate)
Silk
Dacron (mersilene)
Diabetes mellitus
Patient is on antibiotics
The patient is elderly and has peripheral neuropathy
Poor nutrition
In the mouth
On the penis
On the nails
On the scalp
Lichen planus
Erysipelas
Dermatofibroma
Squamous cell carcinoma
6 hours
12 hours
48 hours
72 hours
Horizontal mattress
Vertical mattress
Continuous
Interrupted
Irrigate with hydrogen peroxide and allow to heal by secondary closure
Refer to a plastic surgeon
Irrigate with hydrogen peroxide and allow to heal by delayed primary closure
Excise the entire wound
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