Complications of Dermatologic Surgery: Prevention and Treatment - Tapa blanda

The scope of dermatologic surgery is so wide that inevitably a large number and variety of complications arise. Of course the majority of complications can be prevented by careful preoperative preparation, meticulous surgical technique, and proper postoperative care, but when they do occur, they can be recognized and managed with skill and competence. This book provides a valuable source of reference for the prevention, recogni­ tion, and management of complications in dermatologic surgery. Avoiding pro­ blems is at least as important as dealing with them, and so all the chapters in this book deal with both prevention and management. This book addresses dermatologic surgeons in practice or in training and to surgeons in other specialties who may be required to undertake repair of skin defects. Many ofthe authors accepted the responsibility of contributing to this work in addition to their many other obligations. For this, I am extremely grateful to them. MARwALI HARAHAP Contents Local Anesthesia and Regional Anesthesia George B. Winton ...................................................... 1 Electrodesiccation and Curettage Harvey Finkelstein and Robert Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 16 . . . . . . . .

The increased scope and complexity of dermatologic surgery has led to a needfor greater skill and knowledge on the prevention and treatment of the associated complications. Most textbooks on dermatologic surgery acknowledgethat postoperative complications exist, and some describe briefly methods of prevention or options for their further management. However, here for the first time is a reference to turn to where the problems and complications are adequately considered in all their complexity, covering details of causes, and methods of prevention, together with advice on which complications are most likely to be encountered andhow they may be recognized, investigated, and treated. The primary aims of this volume are to ensure that knowledge of the existence and causes of complications increases, that prevention becomes more widely accepted, and that the recognition and management of complications can be undertaken with skill and competence.