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Can anyone tell me what an anterior skim cut is?

Posted By: OpMT on 2008-01-09
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Subject: Can anyone tell me what an anterior skim cut is?

This is a term heard in joint replacement surgery, and I've been transcribing anterior skin cut by mistake. It's anterior skim cut. I want to understand the term. Googling didn't yield a definition from what I could find.

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Can anyone tell me what an anterior skim cut is? - OpMT
- I see what you mean. I searched and sm - Txczech
- Apparently it is an incision that is relatively short, for example, between seven and thirteen centi - MT50
  - Thank you, Txczech and MT50. - OpMT

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