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Midline versus transverse incision in major abdominal surgery: a randomized, double-blind equivalence trial (POVATI: ISRCTN60734227). Annals of Surgery , 249, 913-20, 2009 Cite This Page : ...

A new technique now in use at UC San Diego Medical Center reduces the amount of skin that must go under the knife for abdominal surgery.The procedure makes a roughly half-inch incision inside a ...

For open hernia repair surgery, a single long incision is made in the groin. If the hernia is bulging out of the abdominal wall (a direct hernia), the bulge is pushed back into place. If the hernia is ...

Commentary on a study on the role of antibiotics for patients with a drained skin abscess, published in the New England Journal of Medicine. X. No Results. No Results. For You ...

The abscesses I was planning on using suction for were the big ones that come through the door. I think that the ones that are less than 1 centimeter can be easily drained without the use of suction.

Neither physician nor patient knew what kind of incision had been made. The study of 200 patients showed that pain perception and the healing process were unrelated to the technique used to open ...

Background Visits to the Emergency Department for cutaneous abscesses more than doubled from 1.2 million to 3.3 million from 1996 to 2005. [] Incision and drainage are the mainstay of treatment.

Virtual Incision Corporation has also had a pretty solid fundraising streak since its 2006 founding. Today the Lincoln, Neb. startup announced its latest funding round. The $20 million Series B+ ...

Hi, I'm 4 weeks post total abdominal hysterectomy and am making good progress but worried about the swelling which hasn't gone down and also the tenderness along the incision which I'm always aware of ...

The treatment of cutaneous abscesses: comparison of emergency medicine providers’ practice patterns. West J Emerg Med. 2013;14:23–28. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2011.9.6856. —Abimbola Farinde, PhD ...