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Get Into Depth With This Lesion Removal Encounter

Published on Wed Oct 25, 2023

Question: One of our plastic surgeons removed 10 benign masses measuring between 3 and 5 cm each from a patient’s arm. The wound was closed with interrupted sutures of 5-0 moncryl and running closure of 5-0 nylon. The total area of closure was approxi­mately 40 cm. I’m thinking of reporting: 11404 x 2
11406 x 8
13121 Would this [...]
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