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HTML

<button>Something</button>

SCSS

button {
    display: inline-block;
    zoom: 1;
    *display: inline;
    border:0;
    background-image: url("http://www.dummyimage.com/1x22/00ff00/fff&text=+");
    background-repeat: repeat-x;
    color: #fff;
    font-weight: bold;
    height: 22px;
    line-height: 22px;
    position: relative;
    margin: 0 5px;
    vertical-align: top;

    &:before {
        display: inline-block;
        zoom: 1;
        *display: inline;
        height: 22px;
        background-image: url("http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg33/scaled.php?server=33&filename=leftsx.png&res=crop");
        width: 5px;
        position: absolute;
        left: -5px;
        top: 0;
        content: "";
    }

    &:after {
        display: inline-block;
        zoom: 1;
        *display: inline;
        height: 22px;
        background-image: url("http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg855/scaled.php?server=855&filename=rightu.png&res=crop");
        width: 5px;
        position: absolute;
        right: -5px;
        top: 0;
        content: "";
    }
}