A punch biopsy is a way for a healthcare provider, most often a dermatologist, to take a sample from the skin's surface and ...

Figure 1: Injection of local anesthetic (lidocaine) subcutaneously underneath the marked biopsy site of the skin of a dog. The punch biopsy technique is the most frequently used cutaneous biopsy ...

Traditionally, punch biopsy sites have been sutured, but the benefit of this practice has never been scientifically demonstrated. In this prospective, randomized, method-comparison study ...