Large Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Consequence of Elective Surgery Deferment During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is a common skin cancer that can be treated effectively with limited morbidity if caught and treated early with elective surgical procedures. The COVID-19 pandemic caused most healthcare facilities to delay or defer elective surgeries as they allocated workfo...

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Autores principales: Hess, Andrew, Yashi, Kanica, Virk, Jaswinder, Kumar, Amrat, Meena, FNU
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10623082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37929273
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.48195
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author Hess, Andrew
Yashi, Kanica
Virk, Jaswinder
Kumar, Amrat
Meena, FNU
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Meena, FNU
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description Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is a common skin cancer that can be treated effectively with limited morbidity if caught and treated early with elective surgical procedures. The COVID-19 pandemic caused most healthcare facilities to delay or defer elective surgeries as they allocated workforce and resources to treating significant increases of critically ill patients. This care delay has increased morbidity and mortality of many conditions treated with surgery. A few case reports exist on delayed elective surgeries' effects on patients and healthcare facilities. We report a case of cSCC enlarging and locally spreading due to elective surgery delay during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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spelling pubmed-106230822023-11-04 Large Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Consequence of Elective Surgery Deferment During the COVID-19 Pandemic Hess, Andrew Yashi, Kanica Virk, Jaswinder Kumar, Amrat Meena, FNU Cureus Dermatology Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is a common skin cancer that can be treated effectively with limited morbidity if caught and treated early with elective surgical procedures. The COVID-19 pandemic caused most healthcare facilities to delay or defer elective surgeries as they allocated workforce and resources to treating significant increases of critically ill patients. This care delay has increased morbidity and mortality of many conditions treated with surgery. A few case reports exist on delayed elective surgeries' effects on patients and healthcare facilities. We report a case of cSCC enlarging and locally spreading due to elective surgery delay during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cureus 2023-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10623082/ /pubmed/37929273 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.48195 Text en Copyright © 2023, Hess et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Dermatology
Hess, Andrew
Yashi, Kanica
Virk, Jaswinder
Kumar, Amrat
Meena, FNU
Large Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Consequence of Elective Surgery Deferment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title Large Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Consequence of Elective Surgery Deferment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full Large Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Consequence of Elective Surgery Deferment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr Large Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Consequence of Elective Surgery Deferment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Large Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Consequence of Elective Surgery Deferment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_short Large Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Consequence of Elective Surgery Deferment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort large cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: a consequence of elective surgery deferment during the covid-19 pandemic
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10623082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37929273
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.48195
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