PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Scar right parietal region. POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Same. SURGICAL FINDINGS: 3 × 1 cm elevated scar right parietal region of scalp. SURGICAL PROCEDURE: Excision scar of scalp. SURGEON: Dr. Harold Wallingford ANESTHESIA: General endotracheal anesthesia, plus 2 cc of 1% Xylocaine and 1 : 100,000 epinephrine. PROCEDURE: The scalp was prepped with Betadine scrub and solution, draped in the routine sterile fashion. The lesion was anesthetized with 2 cc of 1% Xylocaine with 1 : 100,000 epinephrine, mostly for the epinephrine effect. After a wait of 4 minutes the lesion was excised, bleeding was electrocoagulated, the wound was closed with vertical mattress sutures of 3-0 Prolene. Surgicel and antibiotic ointment were applied. The patient tolerated the procedure well and left the operating room in good condition. PATHOLOGY REPORT LATER INDICATED: Benign tissue.
[Verified Answer]: PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Scar right…
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