title: Skin incisions for the excision of spherical cutaneous and subcutaneous lesions.
abstract: Spherical cutaneous and subcutaneous lesions such as sebaceous cysts are often removed via an ellipse, particularly if they are relatively large. Deciding the width of the ellipse can be difficult. We calculated that if the width of the ellipse is one-third of the half circumference, then the wound should close satisfactorily.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, UK. drbaskaranr@gmail.com
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ranganathan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Douglas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mirza
mesh_terms: D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014945:Wound Healing