Now in a convenient and easy-to-use softcover format, Dermatologic Procedures in Office Practice, 2nd Edition, offers clear, step-by-step guidance on the many dermatologic procedures successfully performed in the office setting. This highly visual reference provides full-color photographs and drawings in combination with high-definition, narrated videos to demonstrate key procedures, including the diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant lesions; cryosurgery; electrosurgery; dermoscopy; excision of skin cancers, cysts, lipomas; and more. The eBook and online videos are the perfect companion when adding a new procedure to your practice.
Key Features
- Covers in-office dermatologic procedures focused on today’s primary care practice.
- Uses a concise, step-by-step, bulleted format, including set-up, complication avoidance, pearls and pitfalls, and recovery for each procedure.
- Features an exclusive online library of more than 100 videos, as well as procedural images and patient photographs, photographs of devices and instruments, diagrams, and medical illustrations throughout the text from expert clinicians.
- Contains new chapters on Biopsies and Excisions in Challenging Locations (face, ears, nose, genital areas) and Dermoscopy of Other Lesions in General Dermatology.
- Includes handy appendices with sample consent forms, patient education handouts, and a table recommending when to use various procedures based on the diagnosis.
- Any additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date.
Author Information
Edited by Richard P. Usatine, MD, Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Professor of Dermatology and Medicine, Assistant Director, Medical Humanities Education University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; Medical Director, Skin Clinic, University Health System, San Antonio, TX. and Daniel L. Stulberg, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
SECTION ONE Getting Started
1 Preoperative Preparation
2 Setting Up Your Office
3 Anesthesia
4 Hemostasis
5 Selecting the Right Suture
6 Suturing Techniques
SECTION TWO Basic Procedures
7 Laceration Repair
8 Choosing the Biopsy Type
9 The Shave Biopsy
10 The Punch Biopsy
11 The Elliptical Excision
12 Cysts and Lipomas
13 Cryosurgery
14 Electrosurgery
15 Intralesional Injections
16 Incision and Drainage
17 Nail Procedures
18 Dermoscopy of Skin Cancer and Benign Neoplasia
19 Dermoscopy in General Dermatology
SECTION THREE Advanced Procedures
20 Biopsies and Excisions in Challenging Locations
21 Flaps
22 Ultrasound in Dermatology
SECTION FOUR Putting It All Together
23 Procedures to Treat Benign Conditions
24 Diagnosis and Treatment of Malignant and Premalignant Lesions
25 Wound Care
26 Complications
27 When to Refer/Mohs Surgery
28 Coding Common Skin Procedures
APPENDIX A Consent Forms and Patient Information Handouts
APPENDIX B Procedures to Consider for Benign, Premalignant, and Malignant Conditions