Abstract
In plastic surgery, the preoperative marking is always a problem, a not very difficult one but an irritating one nevertheless. Before the start of the operation (preoperative phase), we can use a marker. But when the patient is under anesthesia, and the surgeon is in sterile dress, everything has been tried:
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Tooth picks
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Picks
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Pen nibs
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Stylets
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Brushes
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Pencils
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Tooth forceps
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And also sterile markers, which can be used once and thrown away
But I do not think anyone has found these to be very satisfactory. So the problem of finding a good marker for use during the operative phase remains to be solved.
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Costagliola, M. (2008). The Knife Marker. In: Eisenmann-Klein, M., Neuhann-Lorenz, C. (eds) Innovations in Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-46326-9_39
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