TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Excisional Surgery and Repair, Flaps, and Grafts A1 - Haimovic, Adele A1 - Sheehan, Jessica M. A1 - Rohrer, Thomas E. A2 - Kang, Sewon A2 - Amagai, Masayuki A2 - Bruckner, Anna L. A2 - Enk, Alexander H. A2 - Margolis, David J. A2 - McMichael, Amy J. A2 - Orringer, Jeffrey S. PY - 2019 T2 - Fitzpatrick's Dermatology, 9e AB - AT-A-GLANCEExcisional surgery is one of the most common surgical procedures in dermatology.The goal of excisional surgery is to remove the lesion with appropriate margins and obtain the best cosmetic result.The planning and execution of dermatologic surgery procedures must balance risk and benefit and consider all options to achieve an optimal outcome. Wounds should be closed under minimal tension, with scars placed along cosmetic unit junctions or skin tension lines, contained within as few single cosmetic units as possible, without distorting critical anatomic structures and landmarks.The closure must preserve sensory and motor nerve function.An elliptical or fusiform excision is the fundamental procedure in dermatologic surgery and typically allows for a linear, side-to-side closure.Flap or graft repair may be considered when linear closure is not feasible.Flaps are commonly classified according to their primary movement as advancement, rotation, transposition, or interpolation.The 3 basic types of skin grafts are full-thickness, split-thickness, and composite. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/20 UR - dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161346871 ER -