RT Book, Section
A1 Avram, Marc R.
A1 Avram, Mathew M.
A1 Ratner, Désirée
SR Print(0)
ID 1171357599
T1 Preface
T2 Procedural Dermatology
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071795067
LK dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1171357599
RD 2024/04/19
AB Dermatologic  surgery  is  a  discipline  that  has  evolved  dramatically  from  the  mid-20th  century  to  the  present  day.  Dermabrasion,  chemical  peels,  hair  transplantation,  Mohs  chemosurgery,  and  excisional  surgery  were  performed  principally  by  a  select  group  of  NYU  dermatologists  in  the  1950s,  while  cutaneous  laser  surgery  was  first  performed  at  the  University  of  Cincinnati  in  the  1960s.  Over  the  years,  the  number  of  dermatologists  performing  these  procedures  increased  significantly.  Our  knowledge  of  basic  science  has  also  advanced,  as  has  our  clinical  expertise  in  wound  healing  and  postoperative  care.  Dermatologic  surgeons  have  become  experts  in  Mohs  micrographic  surgery  and  defect  reconstruction,  while  our  cosmetic  armamentarium  has  grown  to  include  botulinum  toxins,  a  variety  of  soft  tissue  fillers,  sclerotherapy,  ambulatory  phlebectomy,  nonablative  and  ablative  lasers,  fractional  resurfacing,  lasers  for  the  treatment  of  tattoos,  pigmented  and  vascular  lesions,  and  liposuction.  Standards  of  training,  patient  safety,  informed  consent,  anesthesia  and  analgesia,  preoperative  evaluation,  and  office  accreditation  are  now  recognized  to  be  of  vital  importance,  and  have  become  disciplines  of  their  own.  Now,  decades  after  a  small  group  of  dermatologists  founded  the  American  Society  for  Dermatologic  Surgery  in  1970,  surgical  training  has  become  a  fundamental  and  required  part  of  all  dermatology  residencies,  while  postgraduate  fellowship  training  in  procedural  dermatology  is  an  ACGME  accredited  subspecialty.