Minor Surgical Operations
Minor surgical operations on the skin belong to the field of aesthetic surgery,
if the object of the surgical treatment occurs on the perceivable spot (the
face) and if after the operation an aesthetically satisfying result of the scar
treatment is expected. This can also be relevant to all other spots on the
surface of the body, as well as if there is a wish for a resulting effect to be
aesthetically satisfying as much as possible. These minor surgical treatments
comprise all surface growths, as are the following: warts, fibromae, atheromae
(sebaceous gland tumours), minor hemangiomae (blood vessel tumours), and nevi
(moles), that comprise the group of pigment skin mutations. All these mutations
are in principle of benign nature, but it is advisable, especially for the
private medical practice, to send each removed part or tissue for
hystopatological laboratory analysis. Special attention should be focused on
skin moles that start to change their colour, discharge, perimetric bleeding or
size. In connection with the skin moles that are located at the spots of the
body that are constantly being mechanically irritated (e.g. men shaving, the
weighting down of the skin by the clothes), it is indicated to surgically remove
them, precisely because of the medical prevention, and not only for aesthetic
reasons.
Most frequent surgical treatments in the field of minor
surgical operations are the following:
Incision (cutting) – performed in the first
place to enable the removal of the running substance (e.g. pus inflammatory
development). In principle, this method does not lead to the healing outcome,
because usually the inflammatory process capsule could not be permanently
removed in this way, and so a repeated surgical intervention is necessary in its
non-inflammatory phase – when the inflammation subsides
Excision (cutting out) – an
operation that includes a complete removal of the altered tissue all through the
benign tissue and is sent for the laboratory histopathological analysis. The
wound after the operation is stitched up in accordance with the principles of
aesthetic surgery, and if the defect is too massive, some of the plastic
reconstructive surgery method is then applied.
Ablation (cutting off) – the
removal of the altered skin tissue development of a minor skin area, with no
repeated stitching up. The skin area after the cutting off can, if bleeding, be
burned away with electric scalpel.
Sclerosis (injecting of the sclerosing
fluid) – applied at varicose capillaries and veins, usually on legs.