blunt dissection

Such blunt dissection of a major Government program is almost never seen in China now.

New devices may make blunt dissection safer, faster and easier.

Blunt dissection requires great skill and can be tedious.

It is then split open and layers separated using sharp and blunt dissection.

The mucosa was stripped from the underlying muscular layer and fat by blunt dissection.

Indeed, blunt dissection is now considered the favoured approach for the insertion of large bore chest tubes since it results in fewer complications.

Blunt dissection in the four quadrants between the rectus muscles separates deep Tenon's fascia.

Usually in this case, manual blunt dissection or placenta traction is attempted but can cause hemorrhage in accreta.

Blunt dissection describes the careful separation of tissues by fingers or convenient blunt instruments during many diverse surgical procedures.

Using the upper limit of the sternal depression as a guide, the deformed cartilages are removed one-by-one, using sharp and blunt dissection.

Examples include release of adhesions (e.g. by blunt dissection or with a laser) or release of the disc.

The generally accepted procedure for 'total' tonsillectomy uses a scalpel and blunt dissection or electrocautery, although harmonic scalpels or lasers have also been used.

Following incision above the rib (to avoid the neurovascular bundle), blunt dissection of the subcutaneous tissue, external, internal and innermost intercostal muscles allows access to the pleura.

The lower tip of the sternum is then grabbed with a towel-clip and, using blunt dissection, is freed of tissue connections with the pericardium and the pleura.

When the breast implant will be emplaced to a subglandular implant pocket, the hypodermic needle penetrates un-resisted into the anatomic plane above the pectoralis major muscle; the tumescent solution anaesthesia allows blunt dissection.

Probes and the prosector's own fingers are examples of tools used for blunt dissection where tissue may be separated from surrounding structures without cutting, i.e. the bellies of biceps brachii and coracobrachailis were made clearer by loosening the fascia between the two muscles with a blunt probe.