Dermatosurgery – from surgical option to integral part of dermatologic therapy. (31st March 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hafner, Jürg; Löser, Christoph R.; Roka, Florian
• Is Part Of: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft. Volume 21:Number 4(2023)
• Page Start: 355
• Page End: 358
• Publication Date: 2023-03-31
• Subjects: Dermatosurgery -- geriatric dermatology -- hidradenitis suppurativa (acne inversa) -- melanoma; Skin -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Dermatology -- Periodicals; 616.5005
• DOI: 10.1111/ddg.15048
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1610-0379

Abstract

Summary: Dermatosurgery was long considered an isolated, and not always important, discipline within dermatology. As a therapeutic option, it was considered either the gold standard of first‐line therapy, for example in basal cell carcinoma surgery and treatment of early‐stage melanoma, or the last option, for instance in the treatment of warts. The fact that a profound change has taken place and that dermatosurgery is now an integral, equal, sometimes leading and always significant component of dermatology will be demonstrated in this review using three examples from geriatric dermatology, the treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa (acne inversa), and melanoma therapy. This review is supplemented by a section on the most important technique in dermatosurgery: microscopic (micrographic) surgery or Mohs Surgery.