Biomedical subjects

A Macey

Publications and source records attributed to A Macey.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1997

Closure of fasciotomy wounds. A technical modification.

The closure of fasciotomy wounds creates problems for patient and surgeon alike. Split thickness skin grafting results in unsightly and insensate wounds and often requires general anaesthesia and prolonged inpatient care. We describe an improvement of a previously reported technique which is as effective as proprietary medical devices currently available. The technique may also be applied to the delayed primary closure of traumatic wounds.

Bone Wires↗

PubMed1995

Hand surgery coding and classification.

The development of codes for hand surgery as part of the Read Code System is described. A lexicon of clinical terms and surgery has been developed, and will shortly be available from the National Health Service Centre for Coding and Classification in Loughborough, UK.

Forms and Records Control↗

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Open carpal tunnel release under local anaesthesia: a patient satisfaction survey.

The patient acceptability of open carpal tunnel release under local anaesthesia (LA) and tourniquet control was assessed by a postal survey. 58 releases on 44 patients over a 3-year period were surveyed, with a questionnaire response rate of 91%. Use of LA for this procedure was effective and acceptable to most patients, but the incidence of severe pain due to infiltration of LA and the tourniquet intolerance rate were unacceptably high and have been addressed by use of LA with adrenaline and bipolar diathermy to dispense with tourniquet and use of dental syringe and injecting LA from proximal to distal direction to make infiltration more comfortable.

Adult↗