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Re: Ob: staples at C/S From: Atkinson, Samuel M (ATKINSONS@ECU.EDU) Sun Jul 30 20:51:42 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Kim Elise Goldman: "Re: Ob:  staples at C/S" Previous message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Ob:  FRI staples at C/S" Maybe in reply to: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "Ob: staples at C/S" Next in thread: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Ob: staples at C/S" Perhaps KT was not taught how to properly staples, squeezes as tightly as his powerful hand can squeeze causing necrosis and places them too far apart causing gaps, then has to put more in to close the gap, thus now too close and more reaction, and then leaves them in too long do cardiac cutters who have stripped the leg veins for cabbages and close with clips and leave them in for weeks. sAm atkinson,MD ________________________________ From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net on behalf of RModugno@aol.com -- ________________________________ Sent: Sun 7/30/2006 8:03 AM To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN Subject: Re: Ob: staples at C/S In a message dated 7/29/2006 9:36:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kthomas719@hotmail.com writes: Staples have only one advantage over subcuticular closure-speed. Otherwise, they are painful to remove (the patient feels each one), they leave gaps in the incision when removed, and they invariably produce uglier scars, including the "dotted lines" when left in situ for too long. Since the scar is the only visual indicator of teh quality of your surgery that the patient (and her friends and family) will ever see, it is clearly advangtageous for you to minimize the discomfort and maximize the appearance of her scar. It's well worth a few more minutes of your time and effort in the OR. KT KT, do you have data unencumbered by emotion to support your statements regarding cosmesis? For example:"they invariably produce uglier scars" Robert Modugno MD MBA FACOG Sylva, NC Next message: Kim Elise Goldman: "Re: Ob:  staples at C/S" Previous message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Ob:  FRI staples at C/S" Maybe in reply to: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "Ob: staples at C/S" Next in thread: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Ob: staples at C/S"

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