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Fig 8: a) Initiating an improvised tension releasing method using buttons. b) The buttons’ repair is nearly completed.
Fig 9: Multiple, staggered, short, tension-releasing incisions to allow closure of a distal limb laceration under significant tension. a)
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Fig 10: a) One month after application of a full-thickness skin graft to a wound, on the forehead of a mule, created by removing a large sarcoid. b) A 3 months post-operative photograph of the accepted graft on the forehead. Pictures courtesy of Dr. J. Blake Everett.