The Skin

Last updated (19 November 2003)

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The patient has been advised about the possibility of cutaneous nerve injury.
This is an intra-operative image. The patient is lying prone. The knee is to the left, the ankle to the right. The upper part of the image corresponds to the midline.
Describe what you see?
An incision on the front of the shin.
A longitudinal scar
The skin is being held with skin hooks
The achilles tendon is visible as the white shiny structure in the middle of the wound
The deep fascia has been divided
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Adrian P. Ireland