The skin incision in the excision of the prepatellar bursa.
Commonly used incisions to remove a prepatellar bursa in patients with bursitis are often ill placed and give rise to unnecessary morbidity, such as tender or contracted scars or areas of anesthesia or hyperesthesia in pressure-bearing areas.
D002062:Bursitis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D010329:Patella / Q000294:innervation / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control