INTRODUCTION: The incidence of melanoma is rising in Spain. The prognostic stages of patients with melanoma are determined by various biological factors, such as tumor thickness, ulceration, or the presence of regional or distant metastases. The Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (AEDV) has encouraged the creation of a Spanish Melanoma Registry (REGESMEL) to evaluate other individual and health system-related factors that may impact the prognosis of patients with melanoma. The aim of this article is to introduce REGESMEL and provide basic descriptive data for its first year of operation. METHODS: REGESMEL is a prospective, multicentre cohort of consecutive patients with invasive cutaneous melanoma that collects demographic and staging data as well as individual and healthcare-related baseline data. It also records the medical and surgical treatment received by patients. RESULTS: A total of 450 cases of invasive cutaneous melanoma from 19 participant centres were included, with a predominance of thin melanomas≤1mm thick (54.7%), mainly located on the posterior trunk (35.2%). Selective sentinel lymph node biopsy was performed in 40.7% of cases. Most cases of melanoma were suspected by the patient (30.4%), or his/her dermatologist (29.6%). Patients received care mainly in public health centers (85.2%), with tele-dermatology resources being used in 21.6% of the cases. CONCLUSIONS: The distribution of the pathological and demographic variables of melanoma cases is consistent with data from former studies. REGESMEL has already recruited patients from 15 Spanish provinces and given its potential representativeness, it renders the Registry as an important tool to address a wide range of research questions.
There is a lack of studies assessing whether wide excision surgery in hidradenitis suppurativa affected areas is useful for the global control of the hidradenitis suppurativa. We aimed to find whether surgery results were a better global control on the disease activity in both, the area where the surgery is performed and distant areas. We evaluated the disease course of 17 patients with hidradenitis suppurativa who underwent wide excision of complex fistula tracts between October 2018 and January 2022 at the Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid. We found that wide excision of complex fistulas produces an overall positive effect on the inflammatory activity in hidradenitis suppurativa that may be important to achieve an adequate control of the disease (AU)
No existen estudios que se centren en la utilidad del tratamiento con cirugía amplia para el control global de la hidradenitis supurativa. En el presente estudio hemos evaluado el curso de la enfermedad de 17 pacientes con hidradenitis supurativa a los que se les realizó extirpación de trayectos fistulosos mediante cirugía amplia entre octubre de 2018 y enero de 2022 en el Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. Encontramos como resultado que el tratamiento mediante cirugía amplia produce un beneficio global en la actividad inflamatoria de la enfermedad y puede ser importante para el control de la hidradenitis supurativa (AU)
Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Hidradenitis Suppurativa/surgery , Severity of Illness Index , Treatment Outcome , Retrospective Studies
No existen estudios que se centren en la utilidad del tratamiento con cirugía amplia para el control global de la hidradenitis supurativa. En el presente estudio hemos evaluado el curso de la enfermedad de 17 pacientes con hidradenitis supurativa a los que se les realizó extirpación de trayectos fistulosos mediante cirugía amplia entre octubre de 2018 y enero de 2022 en el Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. Encontramos como resultado que el tratamiento mediante cirugía amplia produce un beneficio global en la actividad inflamatoria de la enfermedad y puede ser importante para el control de la hidradenitis supurativa (AU)
There is a lack of studies assessing whether wide excision surgery in hidradenitis suppurativa affected areas is useful for the global control of the hidradenitis suppurativa. We aimed to find whether surgery results were a better global control on the disease activity in both, the area where the surgery is performed and distant areas. We evaluated the disease course of 17 patients with hidradenitis suppurativa who underwent wide excision of complex fistula tracts between October 2018 and January 2022 at the Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid. We found that wide excision of complex fistulas produces an overall positive effect on the inflammatory activity in hidradenitis suppurativa that may be important to achieve an adequate control of the disease (AU)
Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Hidradenitis Suppurativa/surgery , Severity of Illness Index , Treatment Outcome , Retrospective Studies
There is a lack of studies assessing whether wide excision surgery in hidradenitis suppurativa affected areas is useful for the global control of the hidradenitis suppurativa. We aimed to find whether surgery results were a better global control on the disease activity in both, the area where the surgery is performed and distant areas. We evaluated the disease course of 17 patients with hidradenitis suppurativa who underwent wide excision of complex fistula tracts between October 2018 and January 2022 at the Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid. We found that wide excision of complex fistulas produces an overall positive effect on the inflammatory activity in hidradenitis suppurativa that may be important to achieve an adequate control of the disease.
Fistula , Hidradenitis Suppurativa , Humans , Hidradenitis Suppurativa/surgery , Fistula/surgery
