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As surgeons, our incision is one of the most important steps during the surgical procedure. Not only does it allow us access to the anatomy below, but it is a representation to the patient of our work. Although much of incision healing is based on patient factors such as underlying medical comorbidities and a patient’s collagen, we as surgeons can optimize many factors of incision wound healing. Taking care not to skive our incision, minimizing tension with retraction, ensuring adequate return of vascularity, and appropriate hemostasis are a few examples of ways we can contribute to optimal incision healing. However, when incisions have complications and do not heal optimally, we, too, are responsible again for managing the wound and optimizing its healing potential.
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Jennings, M.M., Sue, A., Todd, N. (2017). Management of Incision Complications. In: Lee, M., Grossman, J. (eds) Complications in Foot and Ankle Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53686-6_4
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