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A 20-year-old man came in with signs and symptoms of appendicitis. He was taken to the operating room for open appendectomy. The McBurney incision is marked. It crosses a point 1/3 of the way from the anterior superior iliac spine spine to the umbilicus, and lies 1/3 above and 2/3 below that line (see appendectomy.)
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Bleeders in the sub-dermal plexus were cauterized.
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Scarpa’s fascia was opened with cautery. Note the quick sketching motions to avoid unnecessary burn injury.
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