title: Practical tips for office surgery. Commonsense advice from a plastic surgeon.
abstract: Performing office surgery well is an art. You can accomplish this by being attentive to several factors. These include, but are not limited to, providing an office environment that is pleasant, restful, and happy; using proper lighting, instruments, and suture techniques; using gentle techniques for local infiltration and handling of tissue; and providing patients with written instructions on postoperative wound care.
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery*