dermatologic surgery
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Introduction
Surgery involving the skin, excluding deeper strucures.
Complications
- dermatologic surgery under local anesthetic with low incidence of complications[2] (overall 6%)
- vasovagal syncope
- bleeding 3%
- infection 2%
Management
- avoid prophylactic topical antibiotics for clean dermatologic procedures[2]
More general terms
More specific terms
- acne surgery
- escharotomy
- evacuation of subungual hematoma
- hair transplantation
- lip repair
- lip surgery
- Mohs surgery
- paring/cutting of corn/callus
- removal of skin tag
- repair of nail bed
- resection of benign lesion, face/ears/eyelids/nose/lips
- resection of benign lesion, scalp/neck/hands/feet/genitalia
- resection of lip
- shaving of epidermal/dermal lesion
- skin snip
- surgical resection of ischial pressure ulcer
- surgical resection of pressure ulcer
- surgical resection of sacral pressure ulcer
- surgical resection of skin cancer
- surgical resection of trachanteric pressure ulcer
- surgical resection of trochanteric pressure ulcer
- V-Y advancement
- vermilionectomy; lip shave
Additional terms
References
- ↑ Amici JM, Rogues AM, Lasheras A, Gachie JP, Guillot P, Beylot C, Thomas L, Taieb A. A prospective study of the incidence of complications associated with dermatological surgery. Br J Dermatol. 2005 Nov;153(5):967-71. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16225607
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Levender MM et al. Use of topical antibiotics as prophylaxis in clean dermatologic procedures. J Am Acad Dermatol 2012 Mar; 66:445. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21821310
- ↑ Richards KA, Stasko T. Dermatologic surgery and the pregnant patient. Dermatol Surg. 2002 Mar;28(3):248-56. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11896778