Techniques in Dermatologic Surgery

This book is a concise guide to basic techniques in dermatologic surgery.

Designed as a ?how to?, quick reference text with a bullet point format and emphasis on demonstration, the book is invaluable for trainee and practising dermatologists.

Beginning with instruction on patient evaluation, anaesthesia, instruments and suturing, the following sections cover skin biopsy, and different surgical techniques including cryosurgery, cyst removal, Mohs surgery, and skin grafts. Two chapters are dedicated to laser surgery for lesions and tattoo removal.

The final chapters discuss aesthetic procedures such as chemical peels, neuromodulators, fillers, and treatment of rhinophyma, concluding with detail on biopsy and surgery of the nail.

Authored by recognised, US-based expert Glenn Goldman, this book is highly illustrated with surgical photographs and diagrams.

Key points

• Guide to basic techniques in dermatologic surgery for trainee and practising dermatologists
• ?How to?, quick reference text, presented in bullet point format for easy understanding
• Authored by recognised, US-based expert in the field
• Highly illustrated with surgical photographs and diagrams

1. Evaluation of the dermatologic surgery patient
2. Antiseptic agents and surgical technique
3. Local and regional anesthesia
4. Surgical instruments and suture materials
5. Wound healing and postoperative wound care
6. Hemostasis and electrosurgery
7. Suture material and suture technique
8. How to do a skin biopsy
9. Cryosurgery
10. Curettage
11. Tangential excision
12. Removal of cysts
13. Elliptical excision and closure
14. Mohs surgery technique
15. Skin grafts
16. Adjacent tissue transfer
17. Laser for vascular lesions
18. Laser for pigmented lesions and tattoos
19. Fractional resurfacing
20. Ambulatory vein treatments and sclerotherapy
21. Chemical peels
22. Neuromodulators
23. Hyaluronic filler agents and techniques
24. Treatment of rhinophyma
25. Nail biopsy and surgery

Glenn Goldman MD
Follansbee Professor and Chief of Dermatology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, USA