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

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 ...

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 ...