Jeffrey N Li, Luis F Andrade, Kayla D Mashoudy, Justice Centrello, Peyton V Warp, Caitlin Dowell-Esquivel, Robert S Kirsner, Gil Yosipovitch
{"title":"Merkel Cell Carcinoma and Pruritus: A Retrospective Cohort Study.","authors":"Jeffrey N Li, Luis F Andrade, Kayla D Mashoudy, Justice Centrello, Peyton V Warp, Caitlin Dowell-Esquivel, Robert S Kirsner, Gil Yosipovitch","doi":"10.1097/DSS.0000000000004667","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/DSS.0000000000004667","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11289,"journal":{"name":"Dermatologic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144126740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Assessment of Online Reviews for Mohs Surgeons Within the United States.","authors":"Joshua Burshtein, Ashish C Bhatia","doi":"10.1097/DSS.0000000000004700","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/DSS.0000000000004700","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11289,"journal":{"name":"Dermatologic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144109856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary on Efficacy of Botulinum Toxin Type A in Enhancing Aesthetic Outcomes of Extrafacial Scars.","authors":"Alexa B Steuer, Thomas E Rohrer","doi":"10.1097/DSS.0000000000004703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/DSS.0000000000004703","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11289,"journal":{"name":"Dermatologic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144109870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David G Brodland, Bradley Merritt, John Zitelli, Désirée Ratner
{"title":"Skin and Soft Tissue Reconstruction: Past, Present, and Future.","authors":"David G Brodland, Bradley Merritt, John Zitelli, Désirée Ratner","doi":"10.1097/DSS.0000000000004706","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/DSS.0000000000004706","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Dermatologic surgery has evolved rapidly over the past 50 years, and dermatologists now perform more cutaneous reconstructive procedures, particularly on the head and neck, than any other specialty. The innovations and refinements developed by pioneering dermatologic surgeons have encouraged and enabled their colleagues, as well as their trainees, to develop their skills and perform similarly reproducible, aesthetically elegant repairs. Performance measures have now been developed to objectively assess the quality of reconstructive results. Future generations of dermatologic surgeons will likely utilize tissue engineering and artifical intelligence to improve patient outcomes even further.</p>","PeriodicalId":11289,"journal":{"name":"Dermatologic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144110028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nitika V Tripathi, Christopher Guirguis, Amir A Hakimi, Michael J Reilly, Eugenia Chu
{"title":"Pixel-Perfect: A Quantitative Analysis of Artificially Enhanced Selfies in a Young Adult Population.","authors":"Nitika V Tripathi, Christopher Guirguis, Amir A Hakimi, Michael J Reilly, Eugenia Chu","doi":"10.1097/DSS.0000000000004696","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/DSS.0000000000004696","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11289,"journal":{"name":"Dermatologic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144110045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anagen Effluvium: A Rare Side Effect After Radiation Therapy for Auricular Keloids.","authors":"Eric R Bray, Mariya Miteva, Jennifer C Tang","doi":"10.1097/DSS.0000000000004698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/DSS.0000000000004698","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11289,"journal":{"name":"Dermatologic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144109867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Isabella Camacho-Hubbard, Natalie Hope Garcia, Jennifer S Ranario, Ikue Shimizu
{"title":"How We Do It: Patient Educational Handouts for Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Reconstruction: Designing a Shared Decision-Making Tool.","authors":"Isabella Camacho-Hubbard, Natalie Hope Garcia, Jennifer S Ranario, Ikue Shimizu","doi":"10.1097/DSS.0000000000004689","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/DSS.0000000000004689","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11289,"journal":{"name":"Dermatologic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144109825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Patient Satisfaction With Mohs Micrographic Surgery: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Joshua Burshtein, Jesse M Lewin","doi":"10.1097/DSS.0000000000004699","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/DSS.0000000000004699","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Patient satisfaction with Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) is a crucial aspect of treatment success and quality of care. There is limited literature synthesizing the available data on patient satisfaction and its associated impact.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To analyze existing data on patient satisfaction with MMS and explore methods to enhance satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic review of literature was performed. The terms \"patient satisfaction,\" \"Mohs surgery,\" and \"dermatologic surgery\" were used to search PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and Google Scholar. Original and review articles published before November 2024 were screened for relevance.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Prospective cohort studies reported overall average Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire-18 ranging between 4.29 and 4.34/5. Shortly after surgery, 76.1% to 92.7% of patients rate their satisfaction ≥4/5 and this rises to 81% to 95.2% after several months. Patients are most satisfied with interpersonal skills (4.46-4.77/5), technical quality (4.29-4.55/5), and communication (4.28-4.57/5) of Mohs surgeons. Mohs micrographic surgery is an independent predictor of higher patient satisfaction compared with other treatment modalities for nonmelanoma skin cancer.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Most patients experience high satisfaction with MMS. This systematic review reports a variety of factors that may influence satisfaction rates and describes preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative strategies to personalize care and improve satisfaction.</p>","PeriodicalId":11289,"journal":{"name":"Dermatologic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144109892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Training Left-Handed Dermatologists: A Systematic Review Identifying Challenges and Proposing Guidelines for Optimizing Procedural Education.","authors":"Yasir Al-Dojaily, Amor Khachemoune","doi":"10.1097/DSS.0000000000004694","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/DSS.0000000000004694","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Left-handedness poses unique challenges in surgical education. It is unknown if this impairs training in dermatology.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To identify the unique challenges and potential solutions of training left-handed dermatology residents.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A systematic review performed using 2 databases to evaluate the current knowledge on handedness-specific training across all medical specialties.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Sixty-one articles were included, including one article specific to dermatology. Common pitfalls relevant to dermatologic training included lack of left-handed instruments, limited mentorship, need for technical modifications, and negative perceptions of left-handed trainees. These challenges may be overcome by optimal instrumentation, handedness-specific teaching, simulation training, team communication, and operative positioning.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The authors propose 7 evidence-based recommendations to promote surgical education for left-handed dermatologists. Future quality-improvement studies are needed to assess the value of handedness-based training initiatives in dermatology.</p>","PeriodicalId":11289,"journal":{"name":"Dermatologic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144110055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel P Friedmann, Kathryn Hinchee-Rodriguez, Kritin K Verma
{"title":"Temple Volumization With Autologous Fat: A Systematic Review of the Literature.","authors":"Daniel P Friedmann, Kathryn Hinchee-Rodriguez, Kritin K Verma","doi":"10.1097/DSS.0000000000004688","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/DSS.0000000000004688","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Facial aging leads to cosmetically unappealing temporal volume loss.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To systematically review the literature regarding temporal volumization with autologous fat.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and Cochrane databases were queried with relevant terms for all articles describing temporal volumization with autologous fat. Studies unrelated to temporal volumization, using synthetic fillers, without novel clinical/patient data, or unavailable in English were excluded, as were published abstracts of already included studies or with insufficient detail. Included article reference lists were also reviewed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Database query yielded 1,224 unique articles. After screening, evaluation for duplicates and inclusion/exclusion criteria, and reference review, 45 articles with 1,239 patients were included and analyzed. Significant improvements in subcutaneous fat thickness/augmentation and investigator-/subject-graded efficacy criteria were reported, with a mean volume retention rate of 42.11% ± 11.50% (32.6%-65.7%) at 12 months. Ecchymosis (43.68%, 114/261) was the most common posttreatment adverse event. No infections, nerve dysfunction, or fat necrosis were described. Two cases of cutaneous necrosis/scarring and 22 cases of embolic serious adverse events leading to ocular injury, neurologic impairment, and/or death were reviewed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Temporal volume loss can be effectively improved with autologous fat. Although predominantly a safe procedure, rare yet serious adverse events due to distal embolization have been reported.</p>","PeriodicalId":11289,"journal":{"name":"Dermatologic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144093162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}