Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8711511 Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie 2017 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
Cutaneous surgery is considered as safe procedures with a low risk of complications. Postoperative bleedings are the most frequent. Anti-thrombotics enhance the risk, but must not be stopped or bridged, except the novel oral anticoagulants which can be interrupted 24 h before surgery and started again a few hours after. The risk of surgical site infections is low in dermatologic surgery. Most recommended measures to prevent them have been extrapolated from other types of surgery and the level of evidence is low. The reconstruction of skin defect must be adapted on size and location. A birhombic transposition flap is reliable in case of a defect too large to be repaired by a single flap. Full-thickness skin graft is a safe option to repair defect on the external ear.
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