The pressure button: a refinement of the traditional "tie-over" dressing.
The "tie-over" dressing is commonly used in plastic surgical practice. A simple, cheap and effective refinement of this established technique is described. This consists of a flanged disc over which can be slipped a "neoprene" sealing ring. The advantages of the device include the ease and speed of application: the facility to tighten and adjust the tie-over sutures once they are in place and the possibility of removing and replacing the device if early inspection of the graft is desired.
D001458:Bandages; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009387:Neoprene; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
D009387:Neoprene