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A clamp assembly and method for surgical skin removal including a first clamp with opposed, laterally elongated segments at one end which present aligned, laterally elongated, end edges and a pair of additional clamp elements with respective end edges that mate with the end edges of the first clamp.

A clamp assembly and method for surgical skin removal including a first clamp with opposed, laterally elongated segments at one end which present aligned, laterally elongated, end edges and a pair of additional clamp elements with respective end edges that mate with the end edges of the first clamp. First, the first clamp is positioned clamping the skin between its laterally elongated segments, with its end edges defining the line along which the skin is to be cut. Next, the additional clamp elements are clamped against the skin with their end edges substantially mating with the end edges of the first clamp. After removal of the first clamp, the skin is cut along the end edges of the additional clamp elements and stitched together there.

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A surgical clamp assembly comprising: a first clamp having a pair of opposed arms with laterally elongated segments at one end facing each other, each of said segments having an exposed laterally elongated end edge, said end edges of the arms being aligned with each other, and means for selectivley

A surgical clamp assembly comprising: a first clamp having a pair of opposed arms with laterally elongated segments at one end facing each other, each of said segments having an exposed laterally elongated end edge, said end edges of the arms being aligned with each other, and means for selectivley adjusting said arms of the first clamp toward each other to clamp between said laterally elongated segments a fold of skin that is to be surgically removed along a cut line located substantially along said end edges of said arms; and a pair of additional clamp elements for clamping engagement respectively with proximate segments of the skin immediately adjoining said fold of skin in immediate proximity to said end edges of said laterally elongated segments of said arms, each of said clamp elements having a narrow dimension lengthwise of the corresponding arm and being elongated laterally of the corresponding arm, each of said clamp elements having an end edge which mates with said end edge of said laterally elongated segment on the corresponding arm, at least one of said clamp elements having projections facing the other clamp element.