Shave Biopsy Instrument: An Ergonomic Modification of Razor Blade

The razor blade has been used by dermatologists as an alternative tool for performing shave excision and biopsy owing to its superior sharpness and flexibility. It is inexpensive and freely available but the bare blade design carries the risk of accidental injury to the operator and patient. We desc...

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Autor principal: Mushtaq, Sabha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
Materias:
Innovations
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7646423/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33209008
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_191_19
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description The razor blade has been used by dermatologists as an alternative tool for performing shave excision and biopsy owing to its superior sharpness and flexibility. It is inexpensive and freely available but the bare blade design carries the risk of accidental injury to the operator and patient. We describe an easy modification of the razor blade for better grip, control, and safety in obtaining cutaneous shave specimens.
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spelling pubmed-76464232020-11-17 Shave Biopsy Instrument: An Ergonomic Modification of Razor Blade Mushtaq, Sabha J Cutan Aesthet Surg Innovations The razor blade has been used by dermatologists as an alternative tool for performing shave excision and biopsy owing to its superior sharpness and flexibility. It is inexpensive and freely available but the bare blade design carries the risk of accidental injury to the operator and patient. We describe an easy modification of the razor blade for better grip, control, and safety in obtaining cutaneous shave specimens. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7646423/ /pubmed/33209008 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_191_19 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_fullStr Shave Biopsy Instrument: An Ergonomic Modification of Razor Blade
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title_short Shave Biopsy Instrument: An Ergonomic Modification of Razor Blade
title_sort shave biopsy instrument: an ergonomic modification of razor blade
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7646423/
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