Breast Biopsy
CHAPTER 132 Breast Biopsy Helen A. Pass An excisional breast biopsy is a technically straightforward outpatient procedure readily performed under local anesthesia. With appropriate training and experience, primary care physicians…
Ganglion Treatment
CHAPTER 191 Ganglion Treatment David T. Bortel The most common tumor of the hand or wrist is the ganglion, which has a propensity for women. A ganglion can occur at…
Knee Braces
CHAPTER 193 Knee Braces Scott A. Paluska The knee joint is the largest joint in the body, and traumatic, overuse, and degenerative knee injuries are common. Strength, flexibility, and technique…
Lasers: Tattoo Removal
CHAPTER 55 Lasers Tattoo Removal Kevin Crawford Decorative tattoos have been a part of human history for thousands of years (Fig. 55-1). The recent discovery of a tattooed, 5000+-year-old, frozen,…
Cerumen Impaction Removal
CHAPTER 72 Cerumen Impaction Removal Michael McHenry Cerumen impaction is one of the most common otologic problems encountered by primary care clinicians (approximately 150,000 ears are irrigated per week in…
Earlobe Repair
CHAPTER 71 Earlobe Repair Dennis LaRavia Constant or repetitive traction by jewelry worn in a pierced earlobe may eventually cause a large, elongated hole (Figs. 71-1A and 71-2). Over time,…
Cryotherapy of the Cervix
CHAPTER 138 Cryotherapy of the Cervix Madeline R. Lewis, John L. Pfenninger Cryotherapy is the treatment of choice for select small cervical intraepithelial lesions (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia [CIN] 1, 2,…
Video Capsule Endoscopy
CHAPTER 104 Video Capsule Endoscopy* Matti Waterman, Edward G. Zurad, Ian M. Gralnek Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) of the small bowel is one of the major advances in small bowel…
Botulinum Toxin
CHAPTER 56 Botulinum Toxin Edward M. Zimmerman In 1978, a San Francisco ophthalmologist, Alan B. Scott, published the first paper on the use of botulinum toxin in humans. He used…
Tissue Filler
CHAPTER 57 Tissue Filler Mel Elson Soft tissue augmentation has been performed since the 15th century, when physicians transplanted fat en bloc to correct defects, usually facial disfigurements related to…
