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A Macey

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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.

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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.

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