General Principles Avoidance and management of complications begins prior to making the first incision. “Extreme ownership,” initially coined by Navy SEAL Jocko Willink, is a concept in leadership that defines…
General Principles Patients typically present to an ambulatory surgical center for anesthesia and subsequent reconstruction the day of their Mohs procedure, usually without any prior medical screening. Often patients are…
Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) allows for efficient evaluation of the entire margin in an outpatient setting under local anesthesia with the goal of confirming clear histologic margins prior to reconstruction….
General Principles In many ways, this is the “best of times” to practice medicine as a surgeon. We are at a time of unparalleled patient safety and at the cusp…
11 Role of Dermatopathology in the Surgical Management of Skin Cancer Jennifer S. Ko, Eugen C. Minca, and Klaus J. Busam 11.1 Introduction The role of dermatopathology in the surgical…
3 Treatment of Squamous and Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Skin Rogerio I. Neves and Morgan Brgoch 3.1 Introduction Basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers, collectively known as nonmelanoma…
10 Operative Lymphadenectomy Calvin J. Young, Amrita Pandit, and Deepak Narayan 10.1 Operative Lymphadenectomy 10.1.1 Introduction Malignant melanoma is the cutaneous malignancy that most often mandates an operative lymphadenectomy. The…
7 Role of Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Skin Malignancies Shlomo A. Koyfman, Bindu V. Manyam, Nikhil Purushottam Joshi, and Sue S. Yom 7.1 Introduction Non-melanomatous skin cancers (NMSC), specifically…
2 Clinical Detection of Skin Cancer Michael Schowalter, Allison Vidimos, and Philip L. Bailin Skin cancer is a broad term that encompasses all malignant entities of the skin from common…
9 Common Reconstructive Techniques after Facial Skin Cancer Excision Neilendu Kundu and Brian R. Gastman 9.1 Introduction Skin cancer represents a diverse collection of pathology. Skin cancer is the most…
