title: The technic of curettage surgery.
abstract: Curettage is the most common surgical procedure carried out by dermatologists, yet the mechanics of curettage surgery are seldom described in standard textbooks or emphasized in the literature. The procedure for curettage is discussed and the mechanics of two technics, the pencil technic and the potato peeler technic, are described. The advantages of the potato peeler technic include better immobility of the lesion being curetted, more effective control of bleeding, and greater stability and increased flexibility and movement of the hand holding the curet.
mesh_terms: D003475:Curettage / Q000379:methods*; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000601:surgery