Practical Perioperative Pinnaplasty Preparation

Abstract

Creating and maintaining a sterile operative field for pinnaplasty can be difficult. Drapes can slip, and stray hairs can interfere with delicate dissection and suturing. Methods to combat this have been suggested in the literature, but each has disadvantages, either in cost or in adequacy of surgical access. This report describes a practical and prudent technique for reducing contamination and obstruction by stray hairs in the operative field during performance of a pinnaplasty while maintaining adequate access at no added cost.

The NHS and the financial storm: practical solutions with Jelonet dressing

“…Hair can often obstruct the operating field, making preparation, draping and the procedure itself difficult. The paraffin residue on Jelonet's enveloping paper can be very helpful in sticking back hair and thus reducing this unnecessary complication [3].…”