ArticleThe Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology2015
Patient Satisfaction After Mohs Surgery is not Dependent on Seeing Post-Mohs Defect Prior to Repair.
Article in The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Predictors of psychosocial outcomes of Mohs micrographic surgery: a review.Archives of dermatological research · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundOptimizing patient satisfaction and scar outcomes is important for the practicing Mohs surgeon.
objectiveTo evaluate whether showing or not showing patients their post-Mohs defect prior to repair influences scar satisfaction. MATERIALS AND
methodsFifty patients with a nonmelanoma skin cancer on their head or neck requiring Mohs micrographic surgery were randomized to either see or not see their post-Mohs defect in the mirror prior to repair. Patients evaluated their scar at Week 1 and Week 4 using the patient scar assessment questionnaire.
resultsThere was no statistically significant difference in the primary (scar satisfaction) or secondary outcomes (wound care compliance and complication rates) between the two groups.
conclusionThere is no difference in patient scar satisfaction whether patients see or do not see their post-Mohs defect prior to repair.
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26705438PMC4689495W2197209897What OpenQuestion holds
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