Time to treatment and complexity of Mohs micrographic surgery.
Arch Dermatol Res
; 315(6): 1797-1799, 2023 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-36583761
ABSTRACT
The impact of time to treatment (TTT) on the surgical management of keratinocyte carcinoma, specifically the complexity of Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS), is incompletely understood. We performed a retrospective chart review of patients undergoing MMS for keratinocyte carcinoma between July 1, 2019 and February 28, 2021 to examine associations between TTT and surgical characteristics. The median TTT for the 1571 patients treated with MMS during the study period was 42 days (interquartile range 28-61 days). In adjusted analyses, increasing TTT was not associated with increasing utilization of flap or graft repairs. Although a 42-day increase in TTT was associated with a 17.6 mm2 increase in the post-operative surgical defect size after MMS, TTT was not associated with linear repair length or flap/graft repair area. In conclusion, TTT was not independently associated with the type of repair or repair length after MMS, suggesting that the complexity of Mohs reconstruction is not influenced by TTT within the time range studied in this cohort.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Skin Neoplasms
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Carcinoma, Basal Cell
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Arch Dermatol Res
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States