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Preoperative Site Marking in Dermatosurgery

Dermatosurgery is a growing subspeciality due to increasing numbers of skin cancer and aesthetic procedures. Patient safety is a major issue in dermatosurgery. Quality management, education, and organization are the backbone of patient safety. A simple measure to support patient’s safety and to avoi...

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Autor principal: Wollina, Uwe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6785962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31619893
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_178_18
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description Dermatosurgery is a growing subspeciality due to increasing numbers of skin cancer and aesthetic procedures. Patient safety is a major issue in dermatosurgery. Quality management, education, and organization are the backbone of patient safety. A simple measure to support patient’s safety and to avoid wrong site surgery is preoperative skin marking. Permanent skin markers offer a painless and cost-effective option. To ensure optimal results, the following problems need careful consideration: good viability after disinfection, sterility of the operation field, no sensitization, or toxic effects of the ink. These issues are discussed in detail to allow a safe and successful procedure.
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spelling pubmed-67859622019-10-16 Preoperative Site Marking in Dermatosurgery Wollina, Uwe J Cutan Aesthet Surg Practice Points Dermatosurgery is a growing subspeciality due to increasing numbers of skin cancer and aesthetic procedures. Patient safety is a major issue in dermatosurgery. Quality management, education, and organization are the backbone of patient safety. A simple measure to support patient’s safety and to avoid wrong site surgery is preoperative skin marking. Permanent skin markers offer a painless and cost-effective option. To ensure optimal results, the following problems need careful consideration: good viability after disinfection, sterility of the operation field, no sensitization, or toxic effects of the ink. These issues are discussed in detail to allow a safe and successful procedure. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6785962/ /pubmed/31619893 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_178_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6785962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31619893
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_178_18
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