Usefulness of Ω-shaped Incision in Skin Tumor Excision

Summary: We devised the Ω-shaped incision as a technique for skin tumor resection on the areas of skin with an arc-shaped fold. With this technique, the dog-ear that is formed during 6 wound closure can be resected within the range of the first skin incision. We report this technique after performin...

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Main Authors: Naoshige Iida, MD, PhD, Ayako Watanabe, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2014-01-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/Fulltext/2014/01000/Article.9.aspx