Non-melanoma skin cancers or keratinocyte cancers such as basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma make up approximately 80% and 20% respectively, of skin cancers with the 6 million people that are treated ann...
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Purpose:Scar assessment tools can be utilized during the post-operative period to monitor scar progress.The primary aim of this systematic review was to evaluate current subjective scar assessment scales utilized in o...
Objective:The pursuit of an esthetically pleasing scar following open thyroid surgery has led to the development of endoscopic thyroidectomy through remote incisions placed in several locations outside the neck.The ob...
Background:To examine the cosmetic outcome of femtosecond laser-assisted pterygium surgery(FLAPS)with conjunctival autograft(CAG)and its potential predictive factors.Methods:This Was a prospective interventional case ...
Background:To examine the cosmetic outcome of femtosecond laser-assisted pterygium surgery(FLAPS)with conjunctival autograft(CAG)and its potential predictive factors.Methods:This was a prospective interventional case ...
This study was reviewed and approved by Ascension St John Hospital Institutional Review Board,reference number 1165375.
BACKGROUND Skin closure techniques during minimally-invasive gynecologic surgery is largely based on surgeon preference.The optimum technique would theoretically be safe,rapid,inexpensive,and result in good cosmetic a...
Study Objective: To evaluate the imaging characteristics and healing following application of an absorbable biocompatible hydrogel into the excision cavity following breast conservation surgery. Design: Non-randomized...
Approximately 5 to 10 percent of all skin cancers occur in the periocular region. Basal cell carcinoma is the most frequent malignant periocular tumor, followed by squamous cell carcinoma, sebaceous gland carcinoma, a...
We report a patient with breast cancer whose breast was immediately reconstructed using a local adipofascial flap and was then subsequently resected 3 years after the original surgical procedure due to local recurrenc...
AIM: To evaluate our experience and surgical technique of laparoscopic appendectomy via reduced port surgery(LARPS). METHODS: Sixteen patients(8 men and 8 women; median age: 31.0 years) who underwent LARPS between Nov...