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COVER ARTICLE:
OFFICE PROCEDURES The Mattress Sutures: Vertical, Horizontal, and Corner Stitch
The interrupted vertical and horizontal mattress suture techniques promote wound edge eversion and less prominent scarring. The corner stitch is used to close angled skin flaps or corners without compromising blood flow to the tissue tip. |
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| 2247 | Overview of Histoplasmosis
Histoplasmosis is an endemic infection in most of the United States, with a spectrum of illness ranging from asymptomatic infection to severe disseminated disease. |
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Patient information: "What Is Histoplasmosis? How Is It Treated?" p. 2255 | ||||
| 2259 | Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy (Celiac Disease): More Common Than You
Think
Exclusion of dietary gluten results in healing of the mucosa, resolution of the malabsorptive state, and reversal of most, if not all, of the effects of celiac disease. |
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Patient information: "Celiac Disease," p. 2269 | ||||
| 2271 | Breast-Conserving Surgery for Breast Cancer
 Modern breast-conserving surgery provides
equivalent survival to traditional methods of breast cancer treatment. |
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Patient information: "Breast-Conserving Surgery," p. 2281 | ||||
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Atlanta.
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