A New Procedure for Treating a Sebaceous Cyst: Removal of the Cyst Content with a Laser Punch and the Cyst Wall with a Minimal Postponed Excision

Three main techniques are used to excise sebaceous cysts: conventional wide excision, minimal excision, and punch biopsy excision. A new method with two steps is proposed. First, a laser is used to make a small hole for removal of the content. Then the cyst wall is removed entirely with a minimal ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Wu, HuiLing, Wang, ShouJie, Wu, LingJiao, Zheng, ShuSen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2714896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19333649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00266-009-9331-2
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Sumario:Three main techniques are used to excise sebaceous cysts: conventional wide excision, minimal excision, and punch biopsy excision. A new method with two steps is proposed. First, a laser is used to make a small hole for removal of the content. Then the cyst wall is removed entirely with a minimal excision about 1 month later. With this method, the cyst is completely removed with only a small scar. It offers a good alternative for eradication of uninfected cysts, especially large cysts or cysts located in areas of thick skin or cosmetic concern.

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