Practical Dermatologic Surgery

Covering the full range of dermatologic surgery, this text will be essential reading for residents in dermatology, family practice, and surgical specialties needing to review a topic in detail quickly and easily. Each chapter is in brief outline form, with tables, line drawings, and the essential references, offering an authoritative and up-to-date guide with 32 contributors. Preface Acknowledgments List of Contributors SECTION I: DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY BACKGROUND 1. History of Dermatologic Surgery Richard G. Bennett and Danielle Urman 2. Preoperative Evaluation and Avoiding Surgical Problems Elisabeth K. Shim 3. Benign Skin Lesions Hina Ahmad 4. Pre-malignant and Malignant Skin Lesions Steven Chow 5. Skin Biopsy Techniques Silvina Pugliese, Tanya Nino, and Abel Torres SECTION II: DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY BASICS 6. Wound Healing Teresa Soriano 7. Anatomy Allison Hanlon 8. Electrosurgery Austin Liu and Naomi Lawrence 9. Dressings and Their Effects on Wound Healing Ronald G. Wheeland 10. Basic Suturing and Excision Techniques Kapila V. Paghdal and Murad Alam 11. Nail Unit Surgery Michael Xiong and Richard Bennett SECTION III: RECONSTRUCTIVE DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY 12. Skin Grafts Ken K. Lee 13. Cutaneous Flaps Jonathan L. Cook 14. Mohs Micrographic Surgery Manish Gharia and Brittany Ahuja SECTION IV: COSMETIC DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY 15. Neurotoxins Alastair Carruthers and Jean Carruthers 16. Soft Tissue Fillers Jeanette M. Black and Derek H. Jones 17. Chemical Peeling Gary D. Monheit 18. Lasers Lisa Y. Xu and Mathew M. Avram 19. Sclerotherapy and Endovenous Ablation Mitchel P. Goldman 20. Tumescent Liposuction William P. Coleman and Kyle Coleman 21. Hair Transplantation Paul McAndrews 22. Miscellaneous Procedures: Intense Pulsed Light, Photodynamic Therapy, Cryotherapy, Cryolipolysis, Microdermabrasion, Salabrasion, Dermabrasion, Microneedling, Radiofrequency, and Ultrasound Jennifer A. Ledon and Richard G. Bennett Index "Covering the full range of dermatologic surgery, this text will be essential reading for residents in dermatology, family practice, and surgical specialties needing to review a topic in detail. Each chapter is in brief, with tables, line drawings, and the essential references, offering an authoritative and up-to-date guide"-- Provided by publisher