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Figure 26. Common incisions for hip surgery run vertically. A more oblique incision parallel to the fibers of the gluteus maximus muscle
will result in less conspicuous scars (A and B), (reproduced from Michael Kang, MD, New York, NY)
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Figure 27. Common vertical scar after knee surgery. The wide opening to the joint after a horizontal incision prevents this conspicuous
vertical scar. A vertical cut in the hollow of the knee joint (for the removal of a Baker cyst) should be obsolete since all folds run
horizontally (A and B) (Figure 27A is reproduced with permission from Lemperle et al. )
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Since striae do not develop on the feet, “main folding lines” become easily visible during movement of
the foot. After bending the foot, the skin can be incised in a horizontal [Figure 28A and B] or oblique
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direction . Both wound edges can then be undermined, bluntly preserving larger nerves and vessels. To
