RT Book, Section
A1 Blagg, Ross
A1 Crombie, Courtney
A2 Morita, Shane Y.
A2 Balch, Charles M.
A2 Klimberg, V. Suzanne
A2 Pawlik, Timothy M.
A2 Posner, Mitchell C.
A2 Tanabe, Kenneth K.
SR Print(0)
ID 1145766278
T1 Skin Closure After Resection Of Skin Malignancies, Including Melanoma
T2 Textbook of Complex General Surgical Oncology
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071793315
LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1145766278
RD 2024/04/16
AB Several  studies  have  demonstrated  a  dramatic  increase  in  the  number  of  skin  cancer  diagnoses  in  recent  years.1,2  These  increasing  numbers  amount  to  a  growing  patient  population  in  need  of  skin  malignancy  management  and  subsequent  reconstruction.  Oncological  surgeons  should  be  equipped  to  manage  these  malignancies  in  all  regions  of  the  body.  Following  resection,  patients  are  left  with  defects  of  variable  sizes  that  involve  a  variety  of  cosmetically  and  functionally  sensitive  areas.  This  chapter  gives  oncological  surgeons  an  outline  of  reconstructive  principles  when  addressing  such  defects.  For  defects  requiring  more  advanced  reconstruction,  such  as  the  use  of  complex  flaps,  management  generally  would  require  the  scope  of  practice  of  a  reconstructive  plastic  surgeon.