Office-Based Procedures: Part II, An Issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice

Cover image

Title page

Table of Contents

Copyright

Contributors

Forthcoming Issues

Foreword

Preface

Skin Biopsy Techniques

Key points

Introduction

Definitions

General indications

General contraindications

Anatomy

Site selection

General approach: deciding what to biopsy and how

Steps for preprocedure planning

Patient positioning and preparation

Anesthesia

Procedural approach and techniques

Recovery and patient postprocedure instructions

Complications

Follow-up

Summary

Clinics care points

A Stitch in Time: Operative and Nonoperative Laceration Repair Techniques

Key points

General principles of laceration repair

Quasi-operative techniques

Operative repair

Scar-minimizing techniques

Follow-up care

Pearls and pitfalls (clinics care points)

Dedication

Abscess Incision and Drainage

Key points

Introduction and pathophysiology

Presentation and diagnosis

Referral considerations

Informed consent

Equipment

Site preparation, sterile technique

Anesthesia

Technique

Hemostasis

Closure

Special cases

Complications

Follow-up

Clinics care points

Assorted Skin Procedures: Foreign Body Removal, Cryotherapy, Electrosurgery, and Treatment of Keloids

Key points

Foreign body removal

Cryosurgery

Electrosurgery

Treatment of keloids

Clinics care points

Nail and Foot Procedures

Key points

Toenail care

Calluses and corns

Blisters

Subungual hematoma/Subungual blistering

Warts

Summary

Clinics care points

Management of Chronic Wounds

Key points

Venous wounds

Pressure injury

Summary

Clinics care points

Disclosure

Supplementary data

Dermoscopy in Primary Care

Key points

Introduction to dermatoscope and dermoscopy

Dermoscopic terminologies, colors, and structures

Colors and structures of melanocytic lesions

Dermoscopic algorithm

Summary

Clinics care points

Large and Intermediate Joint Injections: Olecranon Bursa, Greater Trochanteric Bursa, Medial and Lateral Epicondyle Peritendinous Injections

Key points

Olecranon bursa injection

Greater trochanteric bursa injection

Medial and lateral epicondyle peritendinous injections

Small Joint, Tendon, and Myofascial Injections

Key points

Introduction

General soft tissue and joint injection indications

Contraindications

Equipment and materials

Preprocedure planning

Recovery, rehabilitation, and outcomes

Complications and side effects

Carpal tunnel

First dorsal compartment

Flexor tendon sheath

Plantar fascia

Ganglion cyst

Trigger point

Summary

Clinics care points

Managing Fractures and Sprains

Key points

Introduction

Shoulder

Humeral shaft

Elbow

Forearm

Distal radius

Carpals

Metacarpal

Phalanx

Knee

Tibia

Malleolus

Metatarsal

Toe fractures

Summary

Clinics care points

Disclosure

Supplementary data

Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Musculoskeletal Injection and Clinical Evaluation

Key points

Introduction

Musculoskeletal injection

Cardiac

Lower extremity deep vein thrombosis

Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening

Pulmonary

Soft-tissue infection

Soft-tissue foreign bodies

Clinics care points

Disclosure

Supplementary data