Outcomes of Skin Surgery: A Concise Visual Aid / Edition 1

by Graham Colver

Overview

There is a great need for a visual resource to document, with clarity, the possible outcomes of surgery, including side effects and complications, and how these outcomes vary from individual to individual. Using a straightforward approach, Outcomes of Skin Surgery: A Concise Visual Aid is an easy-to-consult and highly illustrated reference for surgeons and patients alike. This text takes a major step forward in establishing a realistic basis for the decision-making process during a consultation.

Procedures highlighted in the text include:

• the excision of benign and malignant tumors
• diagnostic biopsies
• cryosurgery
• curettage for superficial lesions
• photodynamic therapy

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367452582
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/26/2019
Pages:	238
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Consultant Dermatologist Chesterfield Royal Hospital United Kingdom

Table of Contents

1. No treatment. 2. Curettage, cautery, snip, shave, trichloroacetic acid. 3. Cryosurgery. 4. Radiotherapy. 5. Biopsies and excisions. 6. Flaps. 7. Grafts 8. Special sites: ear. 9. Special sites: nose. 10. Special sites: lip. 11. Special sites: eye. 12. Special sites: nails. 13. Open wound healing. 14. Wound dressings. 15. Topical therapies.